Orissa protestors release Posco officials

Two POSCO officials held hostage by anti-POSCO activists released.

The officials - Debasish Swain, a senior executive and Pranabananda Das, a public relations officer - whose car had been damaged by the locals were allowed to leave at around 1:15 am.

They were escorted to one of the eight bamboo gates and handed over to Anil Kumar Mishra, inspector of Kujang police station.

Jagatsinghpur Superintendent of Police Y K Jethwa said the POSCO officials were treated properly by the villagers.

A Samiti leader earlier told over phone that the POSCO officials, including a woman, had reached Gobindapur and had been detained by the activists who wanted to know why they had entered the area.

The woman official Rosalyn Parida was released but the other two were detained.