The government is faking news about Maoists, says a press release by Shanker Lama alias Bhimsen, senior regional Maoist leader from the eastern region. "The government is publicising surrender of Maoist workers who were not associated with our party anymore," says Bhimsen. Former Maoist party members Parsuram Ghatani and Rosan Khadga were punished and removed from the party a long time before they surrendered to the government, says the press release. The Maoists also accuse the army of putting out news of fake encounters when cadres were brutally killed after they were arrested from their homes in Dolkha district's Babre and Chilankha villages.