The District Collector of Orissa's Malkangiri has been kidnapped by Maoists, who are demanding withdrawal of Central forces and release of jailed ultras.
The Maoists have reportedly set a 48-hour deadline for the government to concede their demands. The Orissa assembly was disrupted this morning, with the opposition denouncing the Naveen Patnaik government, and demanding President's rule. Reports in the afternoon suggest the government has started negotiating with the Maoists.
Malkangiri collector R V Krishna along with a junior engineer went missing last evening when he was on a visit to the remote Chitrakonda area, a Maoist stronghold about 85 km from here, to attend a camp for local development, SP Anirudh Singh said.
There was no trace of the 30-year-old IAS officer after he went from the camp held at Badapada bordering Andhra Pradesh to see a culvert on a road nearby on a motorcycle along with two junior engineers and another person, Chitrakonda Tehsildar D Gopal Krishnan said.
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