HC seeks info on Naxal rehab policy

PATNA:The Patna High Court on Monday directed the state government to give reply to aletter petition converted into public interest litigation (PIL) which has soughtdirection to the state government to provide employment opportunities toNaxalites and bring them into mainstream.A division bench comprisingacting Chief Justice Shivakirti Singh and Justice Anjana Prakash passed theorder on the PIL of P K Das who submitted that the state government hadannounced such a move but failed to provide Naxalites an opportunity to shunviolence and lead a normal life.The court gave four weeks' time tothe government to file a counter affidavit to the PIL.