* Indian govt mediators suspend talks after Maoists kidnap BJD MLA

Times of India: “The Odisha government and Maoist-named interlocutors suspended their talks on Saturday after the extremists abducted Laxmipur legislator Jhina Hikaka late Friday night. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik also sent revenue minister Surya Narayan Patro and SC and ST development minister Lal Bihari Himirika to Koraput from where Hikaka, a 37-year-old tribal MLA of the ruling BJD, was abducted while returning home along with his driver Ugrasen Jambeka and personal security officer PSO Gokula Kandhapan. The ministers will explore back channel possibilities to release Hikaka, official sources said.”

via Govt, mediators suspend talks after Maoists kidnap BJD MLA – The Times of India.

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