Chhattisgarh Journalist Recalls Phone Call From Maoists

This local journalist recalls his conversation with Naxals before abducted CRPF jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas was released...

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00:00I got a phone call from the Mahabalipuram police station.

00:03They told me that the missing soldier is in their custody.

00:07They also said that they will release the soldier,

00:11but if the soldier is harmed in the process,

00:13we will not be responsible for it.

00:30There was a missing soldier.

00:43Later I came to know that he is in the custody of Naxalim.

00:47I got a phone call from the Mahabalipuram police station

00:51yesterday afternoon.

00:52They told me that the missing soldier is in their custody.

00:56He will be released in 2 days.

00:58He is injured.

00:59He is being treated.

01:00We were waiting for the next call from the Mahabalipuram police station.

01:07About an hour ago, I got a second call.

01:11It was from another number.

01:13The Mahabalipuram police station sent me a letter.

01:16It said that the Mahabalipuram police station

01:19has killed 4 Mahabalipuram people.

01:2114 Mahabalipuram people have been killed.

01:25They have also mentioned the losses of the soldiers.

01:29They have also published the photos of the 4 Mahabalipuram people

01:33who have been killed.

01:34They have also published the photos of the looted weapons.

01:36They have also said that they will release the soldier in 2 days.

01:45But they should make a delegation team.

01:47They should name it Bastaraiji.

01:50Bastaraiji should form a team or the government should form a team.

01:55They have also said that they will release the soldier

01:59but if the soldier is injured in the process,

02:02we will not be responsible for that.

02:04They have also said that the IG will have to do something

02:12because the soldier is safe and we will release him.

02:18But a team should be formed which will take the soldier safely to the police or the government.

02:24They have also said that we should release the soldier's photo or video

02:28so that the family and we know whether the soldier is safe or not.

02:31They have assured that they will release the soldier's photo or video very soon.