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.