New Delhi: A breakthrough is likely on release of two abducted Indians in Libya by the terror group Islamic State, said sources on Sunday adding that the government is making all out effort for safe release of the two.
Four Indians were kidnapped by IS militants and two of them were released on Friday.
"The two, who were brought to the University of Sirte, reached our embassy in Tripoli last night. They will leave for Tunis on Sunday, efforts (to secure the release of the remaining two) were continuing," an official source said.
"Four Indians abducted in Libya - I am happy we have been able to secure the release of Lakshmikant and Vijay Kumar. Trying for other two," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had on Friday said.
She had briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the incident as also the steps being taken by the ministry to secure their release.
"Two days ago, on July 29 at around 11 PM, our Mission in Tripoli came to know that four Indian nationals who were returning to India via Tripoli and Tunis, were detained at a checkpoint approximately 50 kms from Sirte. Of the four Indian nationals, two are from Hyderabad, one from Raichur and one from Bengaluru. Three of them were faculty members at the Sirte University and one was working at the Sirte University branch in Jufra," MEA Spokesperson Vikas Swarup had said.
According to official sources, the area from where the Indians were kidnapped is under the control of the Islamic State, which has taken control of large swathes of Iraq and
Syria and has declared itself a caliphate.
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