"I am happy that he has been released," Chidambaram told reporters.
The 37-year-old Laxmipur MLA was freed at Balipeta in the Maoist hotbed of Narayanpatna where a Maoist 'praja' (people's) court had decided to release him.
Hikaka had been abducted in the early hours of March 24 in Koraput district. PTI ACB
