Maoists ‘ready to release’ captured policeman Updated: Updated: Want govt. to announce names of mediators Share Article Want govt. to announce names of mediators Announcing that a policeman taken captive during the attack at Jeeragudem of Bijapur in Chattisgarh was with their cadre, Communist Party of India (Maoist) said on Tuesday that it was ready to release him. However, the Maoists put a condition that it would set the policeman free if the government specifically announced names of the mediators. “Till then, he would be safe in the protection of Janatan sarkar,” a Telugu statement released in the name of CPI-Maoist’s Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee official spokesperson Vikalp said.