A 36-year-old Indian man has been kidnapped by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s conflict-ravaged Darfur region, according to media reports. The abduction highlights the worsening security situation in the country, which has been gripped by violent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF since April 2023.

The victim has been identified as Adarsh Behera, a native of Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha . Behera had been working at Sukarati Plastic Factory in Sudan since 2022.

According to Press Trust of India (PTI) , he was abducted from El-Fasher , the capital of North Darfur — about 1,000 kilometres from Khartoum — and is believed to have been taken to Nyala, the capital of South Darfur and a stronghold of the RSF.

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