JAGATSINGHPUR(Odisha): An individual from Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district has been abducted by a militant group in Sudan, police said on Tuesday.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Jagatsinghpur Ankit Verma, the abducted individual went to Sudan for work purposes in 2022. The police have remained in touch with the family of the individual.

The Odisha government is working in coordination with the Union Home Ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to evacuate the abducted individual safely, he added.

“An individual from our district went to Sudan for work purposes in 2022. He was there during the Civil War. We received information about him being abducted by a militant group there. The local police are in touch with the family,” SP Verma said.

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