"I have information from the local police that Paolo (Bosusco) has been released. He is yet to arrive out of the forest," AFP quoted senior police official R. K. Sharma as saying. [break]
The Times of India, citing Times Now, said the Maoists released Paolo in Mohona village of Orissa in India.
Bosusco was kidnapped with another Italian man, Claudio Colangelo, who was released 11 days later.
Bosusco, who runs an adventure holiday company in Orissa, and Colangelo, a doctor from Rome, were kidnapped by the rebels while they were trekking in Kandhamal.
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