No talks with leaders of outlawed organizations: West Bengal

After Maoist leader Kishenji's recent phone call to state environment secretary ML Meena complaining about pollution allegedly caused by sponge iron factories, the West Bengal government today cautioned officials against speaking to any leader of outlawed organisations.
 
"Why should any of our officers talk to Kishenji? We don't need discussion with any leader of an outlawed organisations like CPI (Maoist)," home secretary Ardhendu Sen told reporters here.
 
Sen, however, ruled out a circular to government officials saying, "We don't need to give any circular. Our officers should not talk to any such leaders."
 
He said Kishenji rang up Meena on the issue of pollution by sponge iron units in West Midnapore district. A sponge iron factory was also set ablaze in Jhargram in the district recently.
 
On December 27, chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had said in Delhi that he had come to know of Meena's telephone conversation with Kishenji through the newspapers and would talk to him on his return to Kolkata.
 
To another question, Sen said the whereabouts of outlawed leaders could not be pinpointed by mobile towers.
 
"This is wrong. Then, the Centre could send high tech towers to all naxalite affected states to detect whereabouts of leaders of outlawed organisations," he said.
 
The chief minister had earlier said that though the mobile tower could be pinpointed it was difficult to determine Kisheji's location when he spoke to the media.