<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The Maoists said this in a fresh audio message received by TV channels.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   An expert who did not wish to be named believes it is unlikely the rebels will kill the 37-year-old legislator from Laxmipur constituency as he is a tribal and has a tribal support base, but feels they may ask him to resign from the assembly.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;They may also place some other demands,&quot; he told IANS.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Hikaka was abducted by the Andhra-Odisha border special zonal committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist from the district of Koraput March 24.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The rebels were demanding the release of 29 people in exchange for his release but the government announced that only 13 would be freed.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The state government Thursday said a total of seven detainees have already filed their bail petitions and four of them have already got bail.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   It also said two more detainees are also likely to be released soon.</div>  

Maoists in Odisha have set April 25 as the date to try Jhina Hikaka in a kangaroo court amid rumours that the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislator - held hostage by the rebels for three weeks - would be released Friday.

Maoists say MLA will be tried April 25

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