Ending 12 days of a hostage drama, Maoists Thursday night released four policemen they had abducted in a forested location in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region. The policemen were handed over to the crew of a local news channel in Bijapur district close to the Andhra Pradesh border.

Police sources say that the Maoists handed over the policemen - assistant sub-inspector Sukhram Bhagat and constables B Toppo, Narendra Bhosle and Subhash Ratre - to the crew of a local news channel at Mader pocket of Bijapur district. The release has come as a boon for families of the four policemen as well as a major relief for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party that was under tremendous pressure since Sep 19 to get them released unharmed.

Published Date : Friday, Oct 01, 06:00PM IST

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