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Chidambaram assures full Govt support to Enduwar's family | Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said here that the Government will support the family of Jharkhand Special Branch police inspector Francis Enduwar,
who was beheaded by the Maoists. Chidambaram also said that it was the responsibility
of the Government to take care of police officers' family. "The Government will
fulfill its duty and pay compensation to Enduwar's family," the Union Home Minister
said after addressing a part rally here. Earlier in the day, Chidambaram denied
reports of the Maoists demanding the release of their arrested leaders or of a
note being found on Enduwar's body as was earlier reported. The decapitated body
of Enduwar, who was kidnapped on September 30, was found on the Jamshedpur-Ranchi
Highway at 9.15 a.m. this morning. It was then reported that a note had been found
that warned the government that they could expect more of the same treatment if
their demands were not acceded to. "I condemn it. It is possible that in a conflict
situation, police will arrest a number of people, and it is possible that Naxalites
will also be able to capture one or two police officers. However, we don't kill
in cold blood, we produce those who have been arrested in a court of law and we
deal with them according to law," Chidamabram said. "If the Naxalites had any
demand, they should have placed their demand, but cold blooded murder is simply
not acceptable. I condemn it and I hope human rights groups will also condemn
it," he added. Chidambaram further said the Maoists made no official demand. "The
DGP has told me that there was no demand for a swap of prisoners. Besides, we
are governed by the rule of the law. Prisoners are under the custody of the court,
we cannot swap prisoners with those who are outside the law, who take the law
into their own hands. There is no question of swap of prisoners," Chidamabaram
said. "If there were any other genuine developmental demand, that could have been
considered. But, the DGP tells me that no demand was placed upon the government.
And all that they found was the mutilated body," he added. The Maoists are demanding
the release of their two leaders Kobad Ghandy and Chatrodhar Mahato, who were
arrested by law enforcement authorities in Delhi and West Bengal respectively
last month. |
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