Appoint interlocutor, jawan is safe: Maoists Appoint interlocutor, jawan is safe: Maoists IANS / Updated: Apr 8, 2021, 06:00 IST Naxals claim missing CRPF commando is in their safe custody RAIPUR Three days after the deadly attack on security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, the Maoists in a communique has declared that the missing CRPF commando is in their ‘safe custody’ and they are ready to release him only after an interlocutor will be appointed to talk to them. Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) also made it clear that the CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who went missing after the April 3 attack, will be in safe custody till the process of appointing an interlocutor is completed.