Abducted MLA writes to Patnaik: Agree to demands

March 26, 2012 17:30

Meanwhile, abducted Orissa MLA Hikaka writes to CM Naveen Patnaik to stop combing operations and agree to the Maoists demands. The Maoists have released Claudio Colangelo, one of the two Italian hostages on Sunday.

The CM appealed to the rebels to immediately free the other two hostages. "They should inform us about (abducted MLA) Hikaka's whereabouts so that talks can begin for his release, unharmed," he said shortly after Colangelo was set free," he said.

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