Alex Paul Menon
Age: 32
Profile: CEO, Raipur Development Authority
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03:15 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Pachmarhi: Veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri, who drew flak for his controversial comments against parliamentarians, landed himself in another row by calling Naxals "fighters not terrorists". The 61-year-old actor, who is in Pachmarhi to shoot for Prakash Jha's 'Chakravyuh', said Naxals were fighters who did not trouble the common man. Justifying the kidnapping of Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, Puri said that the Naxals kidnapped him because he supported...
05:38 PM, May 18, 2012
Raipur: A gunbattle is on between police and suspected Maoists near Chhindgarh tehsil in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district. Eight police personnel are reported to have been injured, while two are missing in the encounter which began on Wednesday. This is the third time in a week that Maoists have targeted security forces in Chhattisgarh. Sukma district was in the news in April 2012 after its Collector Alex Paul Menon was held...
10:40 AM, May 16, 2012
Raipur: Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon has taken charge and joined office on Saturday, two days after his release from Naxal captivity. Tweeting about his his abduction by the Naxal he says the death of his two security guards has left him shattered, but he's looking forward to getting back to work. "Wanna go back to my office, continue doing what all I had planned for this district with the...
11:45 AM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has clarified that no money exchanged hands to free Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai on India@9, he said that time has come for unified policy to deal with Naxals across states. Here is an excerpt from the interview: Rajdeep Sardesai: There are reports that on the Alex Paul Menon abduction, a backroom deal was struck with the...
09:03 AM, May 05, 2012
The Sukma Collector is back home after 12 days in the Naxal captivity but Chhattisgarh Chief Minister has denied reports of any backroom deal. ...
09:52 PM, May 04, 2012
Sukma: Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has denied any secret deal with the Maoists in return for the release of abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon. He has also firmly opposed any swap deal to resolve a hostage crisis as a national policy. All this as the 12-day ordeal for the Sukma Collector came to an end on Friday morning when he was home at last. The mystery behind the...
09:15 PM, May 04, 2012
Jashpur: While the country is discussing the release of IAS officer Alex Paul Menon, people seem to have forgotten the two bodyguards of the Collector who were killed by the Naxals while he was taken hostage. Ahmad Khan and Kishan Kujur were shot dead. Their families are shattered and yet to receive any condolence visit from the government. At the Kujur household, there is a pall of gloom after the...
03:24 PM, May 04, 2012
Raipur: IAS officer Alex Paul Menon, who was on Thursday released by the Naxals after 12-day captivity, was on Friday relieved as the District Collector of Sukma. The District Collector of Dantewada, O P Chaudhary, has been made the in-charge of the district for the time being. A government notification has already been released in this regard. The development came just hours after Menon reached his home in Sukma. He...
01:18 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday said that his government had formed a committee under former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Nirmala Buch to look into the cases against tribals as per the Maoist demands, who had pressed for the release of innocent tribals from jail in exchange for abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon. Said Raman Singh, "It will help create a positive environment in the area....
12:58 PM, May 04, 2012
Sukma: Mediators BD Sharma and Professor Hargopal on Friday held a press conference where they said that the demands of the Maoist abductors of Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon had been put before the government-appointed committee which was reviewing it. "The Maoist demands have been put in front of the committee which will take it up," said Sharma. He added, "The Maoists have given a list of five people first....
11:01 AM, May 04, 2012
Sukma: Abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon finally reached home in Sukma on Friday morning after 13 days, 12 of which were spent in captivity. Menon was released by the Naxals on Thursday evening. Menon was accompanied by Maoist-appointed mediator BD Sharma on his way back home. The collector seemed visibly tired while speaking to the media on Thursday after his release. He spent the night in Chintalnar and reached...
09:59 AM, May 04, 2012
Abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon was released on Thursday after twelve days in captivity. ...
09:14 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon was finally freed after twelve days in Naxals captivity. As he spoke to the media on Thursday evening, the collector looked visibly tired. However, the question that is being asked now is whether a secret deal was signed between the Chhattisgarh government and the Naxals for the collector's release. After his release, Menon spoke to the media that had been waiting for...
07:15 AM, May 04, 2012
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11:47 PM, May 03, 2012
Raipur: On the day when abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon was freed, a jailed woman Naxal, who was among the extremists whose release was demanded by Maoists in exchange for the IAS officer, applied for bail. Meena Chaudhary is in prison since January 2008 for her alleged involvement in Naxal activities in Chhattisgarh. Chaudhary's lawyer Sadiq Ali said that he has filed a bail application on behalf of his...
11:47 PM, May 03, 2012
Chintalnar: Sukma District collector Alex Paul Menon has been freed by Naxals after 12 days in captivity. But it is still not clear as to what deal was struck between the the Chhattisgarh government and the Naxals for his release. Menon looked tired as he spoke to the media, which had been waiting for hours at Chintalnar on Thursday. "I thank all the people, the government, my family and friends...
11:25 PM, May 03, 2012
Chintalnar: The District Collector of Sukma, Alex Paul Menon, was released after 12 days on Thursday evening amid confusion and fading light. Alex Paul Menon was accompanied by the Naxal-appointed mediator. BD Sharma. He was calm and composed as he walked up to speak to the media. The District Collector thanked everyone who stood by him, from the government to his family and the mediators. Crucially he also said that...
10:47 PM, May 03, 2012
Chintalnar: Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon, who was released by the Naxals on Thursday said that he was tired and shattered and that he wanted to rest. "I am tired and shattered. I would just like to rest, I will talk to the media on Friday," Menon said after being freed by the Naxals. Thanking the Chhattisgarh government for their efforts to get him released, Menon said, "I would like...
07:42 PM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon has been released by the Naxals on Thursday. After a long wait, Menon surfaced along with mediators in front of the media personnel. He said, "I am fine. I will work wherever government wants me to work." "I would like to thank the mediators, state government, Chief Minister and family and friends who supported me during this tough time," he said. Menon said...
06:45 PM, May 03, 2012
