After 12 days in captivity, Sukma Collector, Mr Alex Paul Menon, was on Thursday released unharmed by Maoists bringing to an end the hostage crisis in Chattisgarh.
The 32-year-old 2006-batch IAS officer, abducted on April 21 at Sukma, about 450 km from here, while touring a village was handed over to the two Maoist mediators Mr B D Sharma and Prof G Hargopal, at Tadmetla in the evening and brought by road to the CRPF base camp at Chintalnar, a 30-minute drive by road.