BJD MLA to be freed by Maoist

BHUBANESWAR: The Maoists agrees to free abduct ruling Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka on Wednesday because he agrees to resign from assembly.

They would free him on Thursday. The demand of resignation is in addition to the demand for release of Maoists from state jails.

The main person invove in solving the crisis seems to be a Maoist identifying herself as Aruna who on Wednesday morning called a Koraput lawyer, and spoke of the release terms.

It was well known that Maoists from the Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee had kidnapped Hikaka from his constituency Laxmipur on March 23 while he was returning home.