Sukma District Alex Paul Menon is a free man. After spending 13 days in Naxal captivity, Alex Menon was freed this evening. A visibly relieved Alex Menon, arrived in Chintalnar, flanked by mediators BD Sharma and Professor Hargopal. The br negotiators reached Chintalnar this morning and went deep into the jungles of Tadmetla to bring back the district collector.