Maoists on Thursday released Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka in the state's Koraput district after holding him in captivity for more than a month, sources said.
Left-wing extremists, who kidnapped 37-year-old Hikaka from Laxmipur in Koraput, over 500 km from here, March 24, had on Wednesday announced that a people's court had decided to release him after he apologised to the rebels and the local villagers.