Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on June 25 said that
there was no move
to release any of
the hard-core Communist
Party of India-Maoist
(CPI-Maoist)
cadres, involved
in any serious crimes
such as murder,
through the high-powered
committee reviewing
the cases of all
under-trials languishing
in prisons of the
State, reports The
Times of India.
"The three
member committee
was set up following
an agreement reached
for the release
of collector Alex
Paul Menon, who
was abducted by
the Maoists. The
committee is reviewing
cases of all under-trials,
including a large
number of poor who
are in jail just
because none had
come forward to
bail them out",
he said while talking
to newsmen. "Many
poor, including
a number of tribals,
who were booked
for petty offences
and are in jail,
would be release
on the recommendations
of the committee.
It's not that Naxalites
facing serious charges
would get any reprive",
he asserted. |
