Naveen Patnaik requests EAM to personally intervene for release of Odisha man kidnapped in Mali

NEW DELHI: BJD president and erstwhile Odisha main curate Naveen Patnaik has urged the Ministry of External Affairs to intervene successful the suspected abduction of a 28-year-old Indian idiosyncratic from Ganjam, Odisha.

The man, P. Venkatramana, went missing successful Mali aft an equipped onslaught connected the cement mill wherever helium was employed. His household has filed a constabulary ailment and is awaiting updates.In a station connected X, the BJD main wrote: “Concerned to cognize that Panad Venkat Raman of Hinjilicut artifact of Ganjam territory has been kidnapped by extremists successful the African state Mali. He has remained incommunicado since then, leaving his household successful heavy agony.

Request Union Minister Dr S Jaishankar to personally intervene successful the substance and unafraid his aboriginal and harmless release.”

The antheral successful question, P Venkatramana, had been moving astatine the Diamond Cement Factory successful Kayes, Mali, since November 2023. On 1 July, equipped militants reportedly attacked the factory. Venkatramana has been missing since then.The Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed that 3 Indian nationals moving astatine the mill were abducted during the attack.

The Indian embassy successful Bamako is successful interaction with section authorities and the mill management. His family, primitively from Andhra Pradesh but present surviving successful Samarajhol colony nether Hinjilicut artifact successful Odisha, approached section constabulary connected Thursday. His mother, P Narasamma, filed a ailment astatine the Hinjili constabulary station. Narasamma told the constabulary that institution officials had archetypal informed her that her lad was successful constabulary custody.

Later, she saw online reports saying helium whitethorn person been kidnapped by militants. The Diamond Cement Factory is owned by the Hyderabad-based Prasaditya Group. Senior officials from the institution person travelled to Mali and are moving with instrumentality enforcement there. Security agencies fishy that the militants progressive whitethorn beryllium linked to Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a known al-Qaeda affiliate progressive successful the region. So far, nary radical has claimed responsibility, and nary demands person been made.