Collector Hostage

• Sukma Collector walks free, slain guards forgotten

  While the family of the Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon celebrate his release, people seem to have forgotten two of his bodyguards who were killed by the Maoists while he was taken hostage on April 21. Amjad Khan and Kishan Kujur were shot dead while trying to stop the Maoists from kidnapping the 32-year-old IAS officer from a public meeti...

• Blog: Collector Alex Menon released, Naxals remain in charge

  Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon, is free after being held hostage by Maoist for twelve days. On the face of it, the Maoists didn't get a good bargain and the State Government of Chattisgarh has done well-no hardcore Maoist cadres were released.

• Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon likely to be released by Maoists by noon

  Nearly two weeks after he was kidnapped by Maoists, Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon is likely to be released around noon today. BD Sharma and Professor G Hargopal, who represented the Maoists in the talks with the Chhattisgarh Government for the 32-year-old IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer's release, told PTI yesterday that they would le...

• Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon to be released on May 3: Maoists

  Abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon will be freed by the Maoists on Thursday. In a late night statement issued by the Maoists to BBC, they said, "We are ready to hand over Menon on May 3 in front of people of Tadmetla." One of the Maoist mediators, Professor G Hargopal, has confirmed to NDTV that he will accompany the other mediator ...

• Collector Alex Menon will be released within 48 hours, says Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh

  Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh announced today that Maoists will release Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon within the next 48 hours. The government and the Maoists have signed an agreement over the release of Mr Menon, Mr Singh told the media today.

• Collector abduction: Mediators return for another round of talks

  Mediators BD Sharma and Professor Hargopal have returned to Raipur after holding talks with the Maoists over the release of Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon. The two mediators were flown to Maoist stronghold Chintalnar on Saturday where they held discussions with Mr Menon's abductors.

• Sukma collector safe, say mediators after meeting Maoists

  The abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon is safe. After meeting the Maoists on Saturday, the two interlocutors - Hyderabad-based professor G. Hargopal and former IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer BD Sharma - said that the Maoists had also replied to the Chhattisgarh government's message on their demands for his release.

• Sukma collector safe, say mediators after meeting Maoists

  The abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon is safe. After meeting the Maoists on Saturday, the two interlocutors - Hyderabad-based professor G. Hargopal and former IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer BD Sharma - said that the Maoists had also replied to the Chhattisgarh government's message on their demands for his release.

• Chhattisgarh hostage crisis: Mediators go to meet Maoists

  One week after the kidnapping of Sukma collector Alex Menon, a third round of talks are set to begin, between the mediators and the Maoists in state capital Raipur. This after, the last two rounds of talks seem to have ended inconclusively. Early Saturday morning, the Maoist mediators BD Sharma and Professor Hargopal left to go to Chintalnar to me...

• Collector abduction: Second round of talks on; Maoists explain kidnapping

  The second round of talks between the mediators and the Maoists over the release of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon is being held currently. This is after the first round ended inconclusively on Thursday. However, both sides said the three-hour meeting was "positive".

• Collector abduction: Chhattisgarh government considering release of some Maoists, say sources

  In its attempt to free Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon, the Chattisgarh government is willing to consider the release of those Maoists who do not have heinous and grave charges against them, sources told NDTV today. The state government is also considering the release of some tribals, who may have been allegedly arrested wrongly, the sources added.

• Self appointed negotiator to begin talks with Maoists for collector's release

  The deadline given by the Maoists to the Chhattisgarh government for the release of the Sukma collector Alex Menon ends today. However BD Sharma a negotiator who has been associated with the Maoists and with the tribal movement in Bastar area of Chhatisgarh today spoke to the press assuring everyone that the deadline would be increased. Mr Sharma ...

• Maoists kidnap Collector in Chhattisgarh; two security guards killed

  As the hostage crisis involving an MLA in Odisha continues, Maoists today abducted a Collector in Sukma in Chhattisgarh. Two security guards accompanying him were killed in the incident.

• 'My nine days as a Naxal hostage'

  A day after his release from Maoist captivity, Malkangiri Collector R Vineel Krishna said on Friday that gun wielding men and women were keeping a watch on him round-the-clock but he was not tortured during his nine-day captivity.Asked by reporters here to narrate his experience in Maoist captivity, 30-year-old Krishna said, "I can never forget tha...

• Hostage crisis ends, Naxals release Collector Krishna

  After nine days of being held hostage by Naxals in Orissa, District Collector RV Krishna is finally a free man.One hour after their deadline expired, and after a u-turn that threatened to break with the compromise reached with the government, the Naxals handed over Mr Krishna to mediapersons.  The 30-year-old IIT-graduate-turned IAS officer wa...