Sanghvi, 40, became the youngest person to hold the post in Gujarat.

Rivaba Jadeja, the wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, and 18 other new ministers were inducted into the Council of Ministers.

Among those who surrendered were four members of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee, 21 from the divisional committee and 61 from area committees of the banned organisation.

This came a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that 258 persons associated with the Maoist movement had surrendered in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra on Wednesday and Thursday.

It added that the probe may take up to three more months, following which it will be decided if the matter requires an inquiry by a judicial officer.

The police force said that the outcome of such an inquiry, if held, will be made

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