A relative of an Indian nationwide kidnapped by an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group in West Africa’s Mali claimed that terrorists are demanding ransom in alternate for the folks.
P Venkataraman, a resident of Odisha‘s Ganjam district, is among the many three Indians kidnapped by an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group in West Africa’s Mali.
Venkataraman’s brother-in-law advised information company ANI his household had bought a name from the corporate the place Venkataraman labored in Mali.
The brother-in-law mentioned, “We bought a name from the corporate that he and a few others are in police custody as terrorists have set the manufacturing unit on hearth. A world information claimed that Al-Qaeda had kidnapped some folks.”
“We referred to as the corporate to substantiate this, they usually refused us to leak this info and mentioned that the terrorists are demanding ransom in alternate for the folks,” he was quoted by ANI as saying.
Venkataraman’s brother-in-law additional knowledgeable that his household complained to the police after ready for just a few days. “I referred to as and mailed the embassy, however didn’t get any response. I demand that my brother-in-law be introduced again house safely,” he mentioned.
The brother-in-law mentioned on Saturday that Venkat had final referred to as him on June 30.
“He [Venkataraman] labored in a cement manufacturing unit in Mali, West Africa. He mentioned his firm had stopped them from going out as terrorists have been current. This kidnapping incident occurred on July 1,” Venkataraman’s relative mentioned.
Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed deep concern over the kidnapping of three Indian employees from a manufacturing unit in Mali’s Kayes area and urged authorities within the West African nation to make sure their “protected and expeditious” rescue.
“It has come to the information of the Government of India that many army and authorities installations at a number of areas of western and central Mali have been attacked by terrorists on July 1,” the MEA mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
