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On Wednesday night, the fourth batch of 136 Indians left for Jeddah from Port Sudan by C-130J aircraft and the fifth batch of 297 Indians left for Jeddah from INS Teg.
The first batch of 360 Indian nationals evacuated from Sudan reached New Delhi airport on Wednesday night. People at the airport expressed happiness by raising slogans of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Indian Army Zindabad, PM Narendra Modi Zindabad’. A girl of Indian origin who was rescued said – We could have been killed there at any moment.
Under Operation Kaveri, the Indian Navy and Air Force have so far evacuated 561 people in three batches to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday night, the fourth batch of 136 Indians left for Jeddah from Port Sudan by C-130J aircraft and the fifth batch of 297 Indians left for Jeddah from INS Teg. That is, till now a total of 994 Indians have been evacuated from Sudan.
You can see the picture of people who reached New Delhi Airport and Port Jeddah from Sudan.
The fifth batch of 297 Indians was flagged off on Wednesday night by INS Teg from Port Sudan to Jeddah.
In the fourth batch of rescues from Sudan, 136 Indians boarded IAF’s C-130J.
Rescued Indians were brought to Port Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
The Indians who returned from Sudan to their homeland India expressed happiness by raising slogans.
People evacuated from INS Sumedha and C-130J aircraft
Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that in the first batch of ‘Operation Kaveri’, 278 Indians were airlifted by Navy ship INS Sumedha from Port Sudan to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. After this, 148 and 135 Indians were brought to Jeddah by C-130J aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
The Indian told that he was kept hostage for 8 hours, kept a rifle on his chest and also tried to rob.
Indian said- Jawans pointed gun on chest, took hostage and also looted
On landing at Delhi airport, people raised slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Long Live Indian Army. Meanwhile, Indians evacuated from Sudan narrated their ordeals. A young man returning told that we were finding it very difficult to arrange food. This continued for 2-3 days. The tent of the RSF, a faction of the Sudanese Armed Forces, was set up near our company.
In the morning the security forces barged into the company and looted us. They kept us hostage for 8 hours. They put a rifle on our chest and robbed us. Took away our mobile money. Another person said that we got in touch with the embassy and asked them to arrange buses; Because we had diesel. After this the people of the Indian Navy reached us.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan had met the citizens going to India on the flight on Wednesday.
So far 459 people have died in Sudan
Fighting began on 15 April between the army and the Paramilitary Force (RSF) for the coup in Sudan. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 459 people and soldiers have died in the fighting so far. 4,072 people have been injured. On the other hand, more than 4 thousand Indians live in Sudan.
The 72-hour ceasefire in Sudan is till 12 midnight on 27 April. During this, it is time for other countries to evacuate their citizens from here. However, even after the ceasefire, clashes continued in other parts of the country, including the capital Khartoum.
Indian Navy’s INS Teg has also reached Jeddah under Operation Kaveri. This ship has also arrived with relief material for the stranded Indians.
Now see the rescue of Indians in pictures…
Muraleedharan received the family of Albert Augustine, an Indian killed in Sudan, in Jeddah. He made arrangements for the family to reach Kochi and assured all possible help.
V Muraleedharan welcomed the Indians brought to Jeddah from Sudan.
Indian citizens who reached Delhi airport raised slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai.
Airforce team bringing Indians from Sudan.
In the first batch, 278 Indians were brought by Navy ship INS Sumedha from Sudan Port to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
In the third batch, 135 civilians were brought to Jeddah by Air Force C-130J aircraft.
In the third batch, 135 civilians were brought to Jeddah by Air Force C-130J aircraft.
Other important updates in Sudan today…
- The WHO representative in Sudan says that the army or paramilitary has captured a lab that collects samples of diseases. This has increased the possibility of biological danger.
- The Middle Eastern country Cyprus has asked to help in the operation being run for the rescue of foreign nationals trapped in Sudan.
- UN Refugee Agency- UNHCR is preparing for the migration of about 2 lakh 70 thousand refugees living in Sudan. More than one million refugees from countries like Syria, Yemen live in Sudan. At the same time, since 2021, 3 lakh 70 thousand Sudanese citizens have taken refuge in the neighboring country Chad.
- Germany’s rescue operation is complete. The German Air Force has evacuated 600 civilians. The last military aircraft carrying 120 civilians reached Jordan late on Tuesday night. From here everyone will soon be airlifted to Germany.
About 20,000 people have left the country because of the fighting. Most of these are women and children. They have taken refuge in the neighboring country Chad.
Understand the reason for violence in Sudan in 5 points…
- In Sudan, there is a battle for supremacy between the military and the paramilitary. In 2019, people demonstrated to remove the then President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir from power.
- In April 2019, the military overthrew the country in a coup d’état, but after that people started demanding democratic rule and their role in the government.
- After this, a joint government was formed in Sudan, in which both the civilian and military of the country had a role. There was a coup again in 2021 and military rule started in Sudan.
- Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan became the country’s President and RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Vice President. Since then the conflict between the RSF and the army has continued.
- The military and the RSF are at loggerheads over a deal to implement civilian rule. RSF wants to implement the civilian rule after 10 years, while the army says that it should be implemented within 2 years.