Chhattisgarh to negotiate with Maoists for Collectors release

April 24, 2012 12:14

And another column by the Hindu's Chhattisgarh correspondent, Aman Sethi.

An all-party meeting held in Raipur on Monday to discuss proposals to secure the release of kidnapped Sukma District Collector, Alex P. Menon, concluded with the Chhattisgarh government calling off military operations in Bastar and agreeing to negotiate with the Communist Party of India (Maoist), thereby casting doubts over the future of the State's development programme as independent experts have pointed to the security forces' inability to provide sufficient security for civil administrators. Read

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