An Indian national from Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district has reportedly been kidnapped by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan, where conflict between rival armed groups has continued for over a year.
The victim, identified as 36-year-old Adarsh Behera, was abducted from Al Fashir, a city in Sudan’s North Darfur region, about 1,000 kilometres from the capital Khartoum. Behera had been working at the Sukarati Plastic Factory since 2022. His current location remains unknown, though media reports suggest that he may have been moved to Nyala, an RSF stronghold in South Darfur.
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Behera’s wife, Susmita, said the family was in shock after learning of his abduction. “He had told me that conditions were worsening, but we never imagined something like this could happen,” she told to a news channel. The couple has two sons, aged eight and three. The family has appealed to both the Odisha government and India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to help secure his release.
Odisha Pradesh Congress president Bhakta Charan Das has urged immediate government intervention. In a post on X, he wrote, “Deeply concerning that Adarsh Behera from Jagatsinghpur district who was working at a factory in Sudan was kidnapped by rebel forces. I urge CM Mohan Majhi to take up the matter with EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar and coordinate his release.”
Meanwhile, Sudan’s Ambassador to India, Mohammed Abdalla Ali Eltom, has confirmed that his government is in contact with Indian authorities to facilitate Behera’s rescue. According to the Indian Embassy, about 100 Indian nationals currently live and work in Sudan, following earlier evacuations when civil war erupted in 2023.
Sudan has remained in turmoil since April 2023, when fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF, displacing millions and leaving large parts of the country lawless.·
