Soren accepts key demand of Maoists

Preparations on to release some jailed rebels

PTI | February 18, 2010



Accepting a key demand of Maoists for safe release of an abducted Jharkhand Block Development Officer, Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren said last night that the legal process had begun to free some of the jailed persons who the Naxals claimed to be innocent.

"Maoists have set some conditions to set free Dalbhumgarh BDO Prasant Kumar Layek. Their chief demand is to release innocent villagers now lodged in Dalbhumgarh jail. All the cases are pending in the court. The legal process to release them has already begun," Soren read out from a written statement at a news conference here.

"So, I appeal to them (Maoists) to set free our officer unharmed at the earliest," he said.

Maoists, who kidnapped Layek on Saturday, had earlier in the day demanded a statement from chief minister on their conditions to set the BDO free.

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