India will release Maoist leaders: Yechuri

Kathmandu, Nov 16 (UNI) CPI (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechuri has said the two Maoist leaders currently in Indian jails would be released by next week, media reports said.

''They would be released after completing the legal procedure, as they have violated the Indian laws, which are being processed,'' the state-run The Rising Nepal quoted him as saying.

The two Maoists leaders, Mohan Vaidya and CP Gajurel, were arrested from Siliguri and Tamil Nadu respectively. The latter was trying to fly to England on forged Indian passport.

Mr Yechuri arrived here yesterday as a guest to the signing of the comprehensive peace treaty between the government and the Maoists.

The seven-party alliance and the Maoists are scheduled to sign a peace agreement here today.

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