DGP YB Khurania assured that all those who surrender will receive full support, protection and assistance under the Odisha government's rehabilitation and reintegration programme.
The joint operation, conducted under Baliguda police limits, involved the Special Operations Group (SOG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and the Border Security Force (BSF).
Ganesh was initially associated with the Radical Students Union (RSU), a frontal organisation of the CPI(M), a Naxalite group, which became defunct after 2005.
A security official said, the latest operation underscores the weakening of the Maoist hierarchy in eastern India, where the Naxal influence has steadily been eroding with territorial contraction and ...
The remaining three Maoists, yet to be identified, are believed to be part of Uike’s team. The operation involved 20 SOG units of Odisha Police, two CRPF battalions and a BSF team.
