Sukma District Collector

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  Chhattisgarh Government To Reopen 260 Schools Shut For 15 Years In Naxal-Hit Bastar Region

  The collectors of Sukma, Narayanpur, Dantewada and Bijapur districts have been asked to ensure admission to the full extent and regular attendance of children in primary and pre-primary classes.

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  Maoist Who Kidnapped IAS Officer In Chhattisgarh In 2012 Arrested

  Chhattisgarh police today said they have arrested a senior Maoist leader who had abducted the IAS officer Alex Paul Menon from Sukma district in 2012.

• 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...

• Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon returns home: 10 big developments

  Raman Singh, Alex Paul Menon, Sukma District Collector, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Maoists on Collector, Sukma Collector

• 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.

• 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...

• 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".

• 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...

• Chhattisgarh Collector's abduction: Maoists demand release of eight prisoners

  The Chhattisgarh government has formed a five-member team to negotiate with the Maoists who have kidnapped Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon.

• Chhattisgarh Collector abduction: Vital clues found, says police

  The Chhattisgarh Police today claimed to have got some vital clues in the abduction case of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon by Naxals. Additional Director General of Police (anti-Naxal operations) Ram Nivas said that police has got some important clues but refused to elaborate due to security reasons.

• 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.