Priority is to ensure rebels give up arms: Shah to anti-Maoist op chiefs

Union home minister Amit Shah held a meeting with top officials of all security forces engaged in anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh on Monday, during which he reviewed ongoing operations and plans for the following year, officials privy to the details of the meeting said.

- Prawesh Lama

NEW DELHI:

During the short meeting, hours before he returned to the national capital at the end of his three-day visit to left-wing extremism affected state, the home minister told the chiefs of the Chhattisgarh police, CRPF and BSF that the "priority is to ensure that Naxals surrender and join mainstream", the officials said.