India’s West Bengal statement government released two senior Maoist leaders Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’ and Chandra Prakash Gajurel ‘Gaurav’ following a court order on Thursday.
The two Maoist leaders were released at around 4:00 pm, immediately after the Japlaigudhi district court issued their release order. Three local police stations that had filed charges against the Maoist leaders had dropped the charges at the order of the West Bengal state government on Tuesday.
Also released today were seven Indian Maoists who had been arrested on charges of assisting the Nepali Maoist leaders.
Gajurel was arrested in Chhenai, south India, in 2003 while trying to board a flight to Europe with a ‘fake’ passport. He was rearrested even after he completed his three years of jail sentence in Chennai on September 18 and was then transferred to Jalpaigudhi jail.
Another Maoist leader Baidya has been languishing in a jail in Siliguri, West Bengal, for the past few years
Both of them were facing treason charges.
Meanwhile, the two Maoist leaders are set to arrive in Jhapa, eastern Nepal, at around 8:00 this evening. They will organise a news conference in Jhapa upon their arrival, according to reports.
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