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April 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The rebels have in the past kidnapped local officials and villagers, releasing
most after negotiations but killing others.
Bosusco, who runs an adventure holiday company based in Orissa, and Colangelo,
a doctor from Rome, were abducted while in the remote district of Kandhamal.
Orissa state assembly member Jhina Hikaka remains in captivity with a separate
group of Maoists after being taken hostage on March 24.
The rebels have demanded a ban on tourists visiting tribal areas and an end to
the government’s anti-rebel operations, as well as the release of prisoners.
The chief minister of Orissa state agreed to free 27 prisoners during
negotiations with the Maoists, who threatened “extreme steps”
unless their demands were met.
They earlier this week rejected the list of prisoners to be released, and
named seven other men they want freed immediately.
Police, who are often targeted by Maoist attacks, had lobbied for a tough
stance against the hostage-takers, saying officers would go on strike if
authorities caved in.
Bosusco, from Turin, runs the Orissa Adventurous Trekking company, which says
on its website that it offers holidays to “a different India from the
Taj Mahal, far, very far from the crowds of tourists.”
The Maoist guerrillas, described by the government as the country’s most
serious internal security threat, often raise funds through extortion and
protection rackets.
The insurgency feeds off land disputes, police brutality and corruption, and
is strongest in the poorest and most deprived areas of India, many of which
are rich in natural resources.
In their latest major attack, they killed 11 policemen in a landmine blast in
Maharashtra state late last month.
Italian diplomats have been in Orissa during the negotiations with the rebels.
The abductions came amid strained ties between Delhi and Rome over the arrest
in February of two Italian soldiers on charges of shooting two Indian
fishermen from their cargo ship after mistaking them for pirates.
Source: AFP
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