Date:12/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/12/stories/2008101252130400.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Plea to release abducted villagers

HYDERABAD: The Human Rights Forum has appealed to the CPI (Maoist) to release unharmed the 13 villagers they kidnapped from Chintoor mandal of Khammam district. In a statement issued here on Saturday, S. Jeevan Kumar, vice-presidentsaid they should be freed on humanitarian grounds.

— Special Correspondent