[1] In May 2011, following the killing of Osama bin Laden, India released a list of the 50 most wanted fugitives it alleged were hiding in Pakistan.
[5] According to Home Ministry spokesperson Onkar Kedia, the CBI had named 40 people and the NIA included 10 suspected terrorists in the list.
[9] The list contained Interpol red corner notices, details of the crimes committed, aliases and Pakistani passport and identity document numbers of those allegedly hiding in Pakistan.
[12] However, then Home Minister P. Chidambaram stated in a May 2011 interview with Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN that "they never acted on any list", were "always dismissive" and described the process as a "ritual".
[16] In October 2018, the NIA released a new Most Wanted list containing 258 names, including 15 women, with the maximum reward on offer for the arrest of Maoist leader Mupalla L. Rao (aka Ganapathy).