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Vijayawada: Abducted K. Amaralingeswara Rao's father, Venkateswara Rao, is reportedly going to seek the intervention of the AP government to take up the issue with the Centre to help his son to be brought back to India, safely. Rao's father, Venkateswara Rao, and mother, Rajyalakshmi, hail from Jammalamadka village of Macherla mandal in Palnadu district. Reports say that after learning about the abduction of their son, the parents were worried over the safety of their son and are looking for help from the government authorities to find out the whereabouts of the abducted son. It may be mentioned that Rao was one among the three Indian nationals who were abducted by an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in the west African nation of Mali on July 1 during an assault launched by the armed terrorists on the premises of the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes in western Mali. Rao is an employee of the Diamond Cement Factory.
New Delhi: Three Indian nationals have been abducted in Mali amid a surge in terrorist violence across the West African country. On Wednesday, India expressed serious concern over the incident and urged the Malian authorities to ensure the safe return of the kidnapped persons. "The Ministry of External Affairs is deeply concerned about the abduction of three Indians employed at the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, Mali. The kidnapping took place on July 1, 2025, when armed attackers stormed the factory and took the three workers hostage," the MEA said in a statement. The Indian Embassy in Ba ...Read More >
Koraput (Odisha) [India], July 6 (ANI): Congress MP from Assam's Koraput, Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, said that a resident of Hinjili in Ganjam district, Odisha, who has been kidnapped in the African country of Mali is out of communication and requested the External Affairs Ministry to take cognizance of the matter. An al-Qaeda abducted three Indians linked terrorist group in West Africa's Mali. 'A resident of Hinjili in Ganjam district, Odisha, has been kidnapped in the African country of Mali. And he has been out of communication. We are deeply concerned about his safety and would request the ...Read More >
Berhampur (Odisha), Jul 5 (PTI) A woman in Odisha's Ganjam district has moved police stating that she is unable to contact her son, who is working at a cement factory in the West African country of Mali, an official said on Saturday. P Narasama, a resident of Samarajhol village under Hinjili police station limits, said she is worried about her 28-year-old son P Venkatraman working in a cement factory in Kayes in Mali after getting the news about the abduction of three Indians working at a cement factory in the West African country. "I am very much worried about the fate of my son. I requeste ...Read More >
Berhampur: A 28-year-old man from Samarjhola village in Hinjilcut of Ganjam district is reportedly among three workers abducted from a cement factory in Mali. C Venkataramana was employed by Blue Star and had been working at the Diamond Cement Company's plant at Kayes in western Mali for the last six months. He was a supervisor at Diamond Cement Company in western Mali and was abducted while he was on his way to work. The abductors are believed to be from an outfit affiliated to Al Qaeda. Venkataramana's mother, P Narasama, said she is worried about her son in Kayes in Mali after getting the ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 03: The government has expressed serious concern over the abduction of three Indian nationals from a cement factory in Mali following a string of coordinated terror attacks across the West African nation. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the incident occurred on July 1 at the Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, western Mali, where armed assailants stormed the premises and forcibly took three Indian employees' hostage. The abduction is believed to be part of a wider wave of terrorist attacks on military and government installations in western and central Mali o ...Read More >
Jaipur, Jul 19 (PTI) A gang, allegedly involved in the adulteration of coal imported from the US, was busted by the Rajasthan Police, leading to the arrest of an individual, a senior official said on Saturday. The gang was adulterating high-quality coal (petcoke) imported from the US, cheating cement and steel factories out of crores of rupees through this illegal operation, Additional Director General of Police (Crime) Dinesh MN said. A team from the Crime Investigation Branch had been gathering intelligence about the theft of petcoke for some time. They were told by informants about several ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Jul 5 (PTI) The family of a 45-year-old man from Telangana, who was abducted in the West African nation of Mali, is in distress and appealing for government intervention to secure his release. Amaralingeswara Rao's wife Venkataramana on Saturday said her husband has been working in Mali since 2015. Venkataramana told PTI that she learnt of his abduction from the cement company he works for and added that she had last spoken to him on the night of June 30. Venkataramana, who lives in Miryalaguda town about 140 km from Hyderabad, with their three children expressed anguish that non ...Read More >
Narasaraopet: The family of an Andhra Pradesh youth, who is among three Indian nationals abducted by suspected terrorists in the Republic of Mali, has appealed to the Government of India to secure his release. Amaralingeswara Rao from Jammalamadaka village in Macherla mandal in Andhra's Palnadu district along with two men from Odisha and Telangana was arrested by armed terrorists from Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes, Republic of Mali where he was employed. According to the External Affairs Ministry, the incident occurred on 1st July 2025, when a group of armed assailants carried out a coordi ...Read More >
Koraput (Odisha) [India], July 6 (ANI): Congress MP from Assam's Koraput, Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka, said that a resident of Hinjili in Ganjam district, Odisha, who has been kidnapped in the African country of Mali is out of communication and requested the External Affairs Ministry to take cognizance of the matter. An al-Qaeda abducted three Indians linked terrorist group in West Africa's Mali. Also Read | Bangkok-Bound Thai Lion Air Flight TLM242 Grounded at Kolkata Airport With Technical Fault, Departs Safely With 96 Passengers. "A resident of Hinjili in Ganjam district, Odisha, has been kid ...Read More >
Jaipur, Jul 14 (PTI) The family of Prakash Joshi (61) from Jaipur, who is among the three Indian nationals abducted in West African country Mali on July 1, has requested the Government of India to intensify efforts for his release. Suman Joshi, wife of Prakash Joshi, said that he joined as general manager at Diamond Cement factory in Mali on June 5. She spoke to him last on June 30. Also Read | Archita Phukan Targeted With AI-Generated Deepfake: Dibrugarh Police Unearth Revenge Porn Angle, Arrest Ex-Boyfriend Pratim Bora for Circulating Morphed Images of Amira Ishtara Aka Babydoll Archi. "H ...Read More >
Ganjam (Odisha) [India], July 6 (ANI): Brother in law of P Venkataraman, a resident of Odisha's Ganjam district who is among the three Indians abducted by an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group in West Africa's Mali has said that the terrorists are demanding ransom. The brother-in-law told ANI on Saturday, 'Venkat last called me on June 30. He worked in a cement factory in Mali, West Africa. He said his company had stopped them from going out as terrorists were present. This kidnapping incident happened on July 1.' He added that initially the company had informed them that his brother-in-law is ...Read More >