On bended knee

The necessity of ensuring the safe release of hostages cannot be denied. Last year, the Orissa government released Maoist ideologue Ganti Prasadam in exchange of Malkangiri collector Vineel Krishna and a junior engineer. The release of hostages is a complicated and highly risky business where it can take very little for the deal to go entirely wrong. After the release of Claudio Colangelo on March 25, that of his fellow Italian Paolo Basusco and Koraput MLA Jhina Hikaka was being negotiated through intermediaries.

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