Sukma District Magistrate Alex Paul Menon who was abducted by Maoists on 21 April 2012 at gunpoint while he was addressing tribal villagers in Majhipara was released on 3 May 2012. The collector was set free following an agreement between the government and Maoists after 11 days in captivity.
In the agreement it was ascertained that a high-powered committee would be constituted under the chairmanship of Nirmala Buch which would periodically review the cases of all prisoners languishing in various jails in Chhattisgarh, including those associated with the Maoists.
The Maoists at the begining set 25 April 2012 as the deadline to release Menon but later extended it. Maoists had suggested three interlocutors to negotiate with the state government on their behalf, but two of them, Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan and tribal leader Manish Kunjam refused to be the part of negotiation.
The government appointed former chief secretaries Nirmala Buch and Suyogya Kumar Mishra to hold dialogues with the Maoist interlocutors B. D. Sharma and Professor G Hargopal. Before reaching on a final agreement the two sides held three rounds of dialogue which yielded no result.
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