Bihar: Maoists release 15 abducted people

Fifteen people, including 12 labourers, abducted by Maoists from Bihar's  Jamui district were released in a jungle, the police said on Saturday.

Jamui Superintendent of Police R N Singh said that Maoists released all of them five days after they were abducted. "Maoists released them in Batia forest, all

of them are safe" Singh said. They were abducted on early Tuesday at Balthara village in Jamui, considered a stronghold of Maoists. The labourers are employees of a private construction  company .

The police suspect that the Maoists abducted the workers after the company refused to  pay "protection money" demanded by rebels.