Odisha Prafulla Samantara Kidnapped and Released
Deccan ChronicleBHUBANESWAR: Eminent social and environmental activist Prafulla Samantara who on Tuesday morning went missing from his hotel room in Odisha’s Rayagada and was found at his home in his hometown Berhampur later in the evening, his family sources informed on Wednesday. Speaking about Samantara, State Coordinator of Indian Social Action Forum, Narendra Mohanty said, "We suspect the police had abducted him to suppress the voice he raised against illegal usurping of tribal and forest land. V Srinivas, the owner of the hotel from where Samantara went missing said, "Though I was not in the hotel when he went missing, what I heard, the police took him away." After he was found in Berhampur, Samantara said, "Just 20 minutes before the press conference, three unidentified persons came inside my room and took away my mobile phone.
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