Dr. BD Sharma, former IAS, a social activist and Former Commissioner for SC & ST during a press conference at Press Club of India in New Delhi on April 25, 2012. Sharma was appointed as interlocutor by Maoists to negotiate the release of abducted Sukma District Collector, Alex Paul Menon, he asked the government to stop anti-Maoist operation-Operation Green Hunt. Photo Credit: Indian Photo Agency