<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and the Maoists&#39; mediators today emphatically said there was no secret deal or any quid pro quo between Naxals and the state government behind the release of Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon after he was held hostage for 12 days.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   A day after he was set free, the 32-year-old IAS officer returned to his Sukma home, about 450 km from the state capital, this morning to an emotional welcome from his pregnant wife Asha and other family members.u00a0</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/may/collector_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 241px; " /></div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Menon spent the night at CRPF base camp at Chintalnar before reaching Sukma by helicopter and was brought home under tight security.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   His mother-in-law offered the traditional &#39;aarti&#39; before he stepped into his official residence. &quot;There is no secret deal or any understanding to facilitate the release of Alex Paul Menon,&quot; Singh told reporters when asked whether there was any understanding between the state government and the rebels to bring to an end the 12-day hostage crisis.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   At a press conference in Sukma, the two Maoists&#39; mediators--B D Sharma and Prof Hargopal--who facilitated the release of Menon too denied any secret deal for the freedom of the Collector.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   SK Mishra, one of the two Government mediators, also categorically said there was no &quot;secret deal&quot; or any &quot;quid pro quo&quot; between the two sides.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;Everything is in public domain,&quot; he said referring to the agreement reached at between the mediators of the state</div>  <div>   government and the Maoists that paved the way for the release of the official.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   <strong>u00a0</strong></div>  <div>   Under the agreement, the government had agreed to set up a high-powered committee under the chairmanship of Nirmala Buch, one of the two Government mediators, to review the cases of all prisoners languishing in Chattisgarh jails including the cases demanded by the Maoists.</div>  

Chattisgarh CM denies striking any secret deal with Naxals to facilitate the release of collector Alex Paul Menon

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