Odisha Maoists Offer To Release One Italian Hostage

The Maoists today offered to release one of the two Italians held captive by them if two of their demands, including release of some rebels, were met, as the Odisha government asked its mediators to contact their counterparts chosen by the captors.

“One of the Italians taken hostage can be set free if the state government accepts two of our demands even before start of negotiations,” a senior leader of the Odisha State Organising Committee of Maoists told a private TV channel.

One of the two demands is immediate release of five ultras, including Subhashree Das, wife of top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, and Gananatha Patra, the leader said.

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