Top Maoist leader Koteswar Rao said he wants intellectuals to mediate between the government and the Maoists, amid reports that writer-activist Arundhati Roy could be one among them. He told this to PTI from an undisclosed location. When asked about the intellectuals whom he want to mediate between the Maoists and the government, Mr. Rao refused to name anybody. Earlier, a section of the media had reported that he had named writer writer-activist Arundhati Roy and Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman as his choice of mediators.<br/>