India, Aug. 31 -- Police in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum have announced a Rs.1.34 crore reward for information about the whereabouts of six Maoists, including Asim Mondal, who has a Rs.1 crore bounty and is the last of the top surviving Maoist central committee members. The six Maoists are believed to have left West Singhbhum and are holed up in East Singhbhum and neighbouring West Bengal's Purulia, Jhargram and West Midnapore.

Intensified anti-Maoist operations in Jharkhand led to the arrest of Maoist Politburo member Misir Besra, carrying a Rs.2 crore bounty, and the killing of central committee member Patiram Majhi, Lalchand Hembram and three dozen Maoists, and a series of mass surrenders. West Singhbhum was declared Maoist-free in Augu...