Surjit Dey, a software engineer by profession, was stranded in a hotel in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, along with other activists of his organisation. (Photo/News18)
Surjit Dey, a software engineer by profession, was stranded in a hotel in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, along with other activists of his organisation.
Surjit Dey, a West Bengal resident who had migrated to Sudan to earn a living, along with 49 others paid a bus fare of Rs 10 lakh to return to India safely. Dey, a software engineer by profession, was stranded in a hotel in Sudan’s capital Khartoum along with other activists of his organisation.
Panic gripped the group after the hotel ran out of basic amenities like water and food. In Surjeet’s words, “We requested the Indian Embassy to help us get out of Sudan. Risking my life along with 49 other Indians, I hired a bus for Rs 10 lakh to take us to Port Sudan, which is about 900 km from the hotel where we were staying. A person paid Rs 30,000 as bus fare for the ride.
Surjeet and his group reached Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by an Indian Airlines flight and later flew to Delhi thanks to ‘Operation Kaveri’ launched by the Government of India to evacuate Indians stranded in Sudan.
One of Surjit’s family members said, “He (Surjit) went to Khartoum in March 2023 to work for MTN Telecom Company Software. He was cut off from the outside world after fighting broke out between the country’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). He could not get in touch with his family in India. Surjeet was married only a few months ago and moved to Sudan shortly after.
Surjit’s family thanked the Indian Embassy for the assistance in his safe return home. India launched ‘Operation Kaveri’ last month to bring back stranded Indians from Sudan. The African country is witnessing fighting between the country’s army and a paramilitary group that has reportedly left nearly 400 people dead.
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