The two claimed that they were attacked and abducted by ultras of Panda's Odisha Maobadi Party (OMP) on February 4 from their village Hachigandi in Mohana block but escaped from captivity after about a month, Gajapati Superintendent of Police C S Meena told reporters.
Producing the duo at a press meet, the SP said about seven cadres including a women came to the village of Prafulla Dalabehera and Prakash Dalabehera and forcibly took them blind folded with their hands tied to an unknown destination.
The two brothers said the�Maoists moved them place to place blind folded.
While the elder brother Prafulla was released on Marh 5, Prakash managed to escape the next day and after reaching his village�came to SP for help.
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