A day after reuniting with his family after spending 13 days in Maoist custody, Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon on Saturday spoke his mind for the first time on the incident, saying, “I could not ever imagine that the kidnapping would be done in such a brutal fashion, striking terror in the hearts of the ordinary poor tribals of Manjhipara who had assembled with all hopes around me”.
Mr Menon, who rejoined office on Saturday, said the painful memories of brutal killing of his two security guards still haunt him.
“ ...... AM still shattered and disturbed because I loved these two boys Amjad and Kisun. They were very affectionate to me and so was I to them. Memories of these two boys are making me sleepless. I just wanna go to their families and console them without any media attention, try and see in what all ways I can help those families get back to normalcy,” he tweeted from his Facebook account on Saturday.
“Have resumed charge in Sukma itself n will go to office today,” he posted in his Facebook account.
“...AM moved by all the affection and support each of you rendered during this ordeal. Sorry for not picking calls and not answering smss... I wanna just sit amidst the family and try and get out of this as fast as i can... wanna go back to my office, continue doing what all i had planned for this district...”