Two village heads abducted by Maoists in Gadchiroli released

The village heads (sarpanch) Jawaharlal Ledhiya from Murumgaon and Murari Halami from Pannemara were set free on Murumgaon-Sawargaon road early today, villagers said.

However, they appeared to be under tremendous pressure and were in no mood to speak to anybody, they said.

The whereabouts of the third hostage Meatarsing Usendi , former Dy Chairman of Dhanora Panchayat Samiti who too was abducted by the Maoists were still not known.