The surrenders follow intensified anti-Maoist operations across India, with security forces killing over 270 Maoists in the past year in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.
Bastar Inspector General of police, Sundarraj P, claimed that they consistently get solid information about the locations of top Maoist leaders, and they can be eliminated anytime by security forces.
Basavaraju was among the 27 Maoists killed in Abujhmad area of Narayanpur district in south Bastar during a fierce encounter with security forces on May 21.
DGP Jitender promised Vyas’s wife, K Aruna Vyas that they would continue the fight against Maoists and make sure such forces are eliminated from society and let people live without any fear.
Accusing the JMM-led coalition government of "aiding" Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas to settle in the state, he asserted that the BJP, under Modi, was the only solution to stop this.
The states had complete control over it. But with ERONET, data is managed by the Election Commission of India nationally which will help in further tightening of the rolls,” the official said.
