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Government of India secures release of five Indian nationals abducted in Myanmar

| @indiablooms | Nov 05, 2019, at 04:10 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Timely intervention by Government of India has ensured release of five abducted Indian nationals, a Member of Myanmar Parliament and four other Myanmar nationals from Arakan Army in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, in the early hours of Monday.

"On November 3, these five Indian nationals, along with a Member of Myanmar Parliament, two local transporters and two speedboat operators were abducted by Arakan Army on way from Paletwa in Chin State to Kyauktaw in Rakhine state in Myanmar," read a government statement.

The abducted Indians were currently engaged in building the Kaladan road project in Myanmar.

Unfortunately, one of the Indian national died in custody of Arakan Army due to heart attack. 

According to information available, he was a chronic diabetes patient.

The released Indian nationals, alongwith the dead body of the deceased, have reached Sittwe and will be leaving for Yangon today for onward journey to India.

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