Kandhamal-Ganjam border, Odisha:
Paolo Bosusco, the 51-year-old Italian national who was abducted along with his friend Claudio Colangelo by the Maoists near the Kandhamal-Ganjam border in Odisha on 14 March is likely to remain in captivity for a few more days. Claudio was set free on 25 March and has flown back home but Paolo's fate depends on how and when the mediators appointed by the Maoists and the Odisha government arrive at some kind of agreement over the 13 conditions set by the ultras for his safe release.
Bosusco issued a statement over a walkie-talkie at the Maoist camp NDTV visited on Saturday and Sunday. The following is the interaction with him.