A police jawan, who was abducted by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district last week, has been released by them, officials said on Saturday.
Shankar Kudiyam (28), belonging to 'Bastar Fighters', a newly-raised unit of the state police, had been missing for nearly a week. On Thursday, Naxalites claimed that they had abducted him on September 29.
On late Friday evening, Kudiyam was released in the presence of members of Sarva Adivasi Samaj, an umbrella body of tribal organisations, and his relatives.
