"He was set free at 6.35 pm. Now the BDO is with the administration," Home Secretary J B Tudbid said.
Layek's release comes two days after Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren accepted a key demand of CPI-Maoist to initiate legal process to free some persons who were allegedly been put in jail at Dalbhumgarh.
Layek was abducted by four armed Maoists on Saturday soon after he completed a hearing of public grievances at Dalbhumgarh in East Singhbhum.
Last October, Maoists had beheaded Special Branch Officer Francis Induwar after abducting him
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