Electronic devices of slain Maoist leader Basavaraju being examined by experts

A host of personal electronic devices of slain top Maoist leader Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju, are currently being examined by cyber forensics experts in Delhi, people familiar with the matter said, adding the investigating agencies hope to extract information pertaining to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), its arms suppliers, financiers, as well as future planning.

- Neeraj Chauhan

NEW DELHI:

Basavaraju, 70, the former general secretary of CPI (Maoist), was among the 27 ultras killed in an encounter with security forces in the Abhujhmad jungles of Chhattisgarh on May 21. Officials said that encrypted devices belonging to the top Maoist—a phone, a hard disk and a laptop—recovered near the encounter site are being decoded at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in the national Capital.