RAIPUR: Missing CoBRA commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas’s fate is still uncertain even as Bastar activists spoke up for his release on Tuesday and Maoists, who claim to have him in captivity, asked that mediators be named for negotiations. CPI(Maoist) Dandakaranya special zonal committee spokesman Vikalp issued a statement on Tuesday to say that Manhas was “captured” during the April 3 encounter in Tekulguda and that he would “remain safe in their custody as a prisoner”. “The government must first announce names of mediators. Then, we will hand him over to police,” the release said. The rebels admitted that five of its cadres, including a woman, were killed in the gunfight. The commando’s wife, Meenu, has appealed to PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah to bring him home, just as they brought Wing Commander Abhinandan back from Pakistani captivity.