Naxal Collector

• 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.

• Chhattisgarh Collector's abduction: Ministerial group, mediators meet

  A five-member ministerial group set up by the Chhattisgarh government to look into the abduction of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, met government mediators Nirmala Buch and SK Mishra at Chief Minister Raman Singh's residence this morning. From here, the government mediators are expected to head out to meet Naxal mediators BD Sharma and P...

• Huge traffic on Facebook page for collector kidnapped by Naxals

  Even as efforts are on to secure the release of abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, a page created for the IAS officer by his family and friends on social networking site Facebook is seeing huge traffic. The page 'Free Alex Paul Menon', has over 2,700 likes and rising. One of the comments on the page says "life should be a torch that...

• Abducted collector 'safe'; academic Hargopal named mediator: Top 10 developments

  Abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon is "safe" but being an asthma patient, he needs medicines, Maoists said on Tuesday night and proposed the name of human rights activist and academic Professor Hargopal as another mediator for talks with the government. The issue can be discussed if the state government comes forward and takes an ini...

• '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...

• Kidnapped collector won't be released today by Naxals

  The collector being held hostage by Naxals in Orissa will not be released today. If a new round of negotiations with the Naxals succeed, RV Krishna could be released tomorrow.  Mr Krishna was kidnapped along with an engineer named Pabitra Majhi on February 16 from Orissa's Malkangiri district. Mr Majhi returned home last evening after he was s...

• Orissa hostage crisis: Maoists set new conditions for release of Malkangiri Collector

  Maoists holding Malkangiri Collector Vineel Krishna hostage have gone back on their word that he would be released, making a fresh set of demands instead. The Malkangiri Collector has been held hostage by the Maoists in Orissa for eight days now. After extensive negotiations between the government and the captors, Krishna was meant to be released o...

• Orissa hostage crisis: Engineer freed, Collector to return home soon

  One of the two men taken hostage by Naxals in Orissa has been freed.Junior Engineer Pabitra Majhi was seen on a motorcycle riding near his home town of Malkangiri. Mr Majhi was kidnapped a week ago along with District Collector Vineel Krishna, who is expected home soon, say officials.Addressing a press conference later in the day, Majhi said that t...

• Malkangiri Collector's kidnapping: Maoists extend deadline

  Responding to the appeal of Orissa government and others, suspected Maoist abductors of Malkangiri Collector R Vineel Krishna have extended the deadline fixed by them for fulfillment of their demands.A senior member of Andhra-Orissa Border Zonal Committee (AOBZC) of Maoists informed a section of media in Bhubaneswar on Friday about their decision o...

• Malkangiri Collector kidnapping: Orissa govt halts anti-Maoist operations

  A day after Maoists kidnapped the District Collector of Malkangiri, along with a junior engineer, the state government has halted anti-Maoist operations throughout Orissa. They also say that they are ready to talk to the Maoists.Sources have told NDTV that the Maoists may soon announce names of mediators and talks on the release of the Collector an...