Families concerned about the security of the Indians stolen in the country

A week after the three Indians were stolen in Mali, their families say they still have no information about their location and are concerned about their security.

The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the men who worked at the cement factory in Mali last Tuesday “forcibly accepted the” group “of armed strikers.

The Mali Government will not comment yet, but the abductions occurred on the day associated with Al -Kaida – Jamaat Nusrat Al -Islam Wall Muslimin (JNIM) – said this spent several attacks In the African country.

According to state data, about 400 Indians live in Mali, a country from which India has been in trade relations since the 1990s.

Incident last week occurs after were abducted five Indian citizens In Niger, in April during an attack of armed men, who also killed a dozen soldiers, Reuters reports. No updates about their location.

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have been fighting the rebel associated with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS), which began in the northern Mali in 2012 and has since spread to neighboring countries.

The Mali-Eighteen People on the African continent and enters the Sahel African region, which called the Global Terrorism Index “epicenter of global terrorism” earlier this year. According to GTI, there are “more than half of all terrorism deaths in the region.”

In a statement, a day after the abductions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India called on citizens living in Mali to “take great care, remain vigilant and remain closely with the Indian Embassy in (Mali’s capital).”

Men were taken from the Diamond Center factory, run by the Indian Business Congpion Group in the city of Case. The firm and the plant have not yet made any statements. BBC turned to them for the answer.

On the same day, when the men were abducted, the jihadist fighters started a number of simultaneous attacks on military positions in many cities in Mali.

A resident of Ceses, where the cement factory housed, said the BBC that the shots could be heard “everywhere” during the attack.

The abductions caused a wave of panic among Indian relatives of those who live in Africa.

The Indian government said it was supported by the authorities in Mali, the factory where men worked, and relatives of stolen people – but BBC Telugu talked to the members of the two men who said they had little information about their relatives.

Panada Vennada’s mother, one of the abducted men who worked as an engineer at the plant, said that she last performed with her son on June 30.

“He said he was going to work and call later,” said only one name.

“Three days later, we called the company, but we couldn’t understand what he was saying. We later saw on television that my son was stolen,” she added.

Venkatraman comes from East Adisha, and his family filed a complaint with the local police, looking for help to find it.

They found the support of former chief Minister Adisha Navenika, who posted on X, calling on Jashankar’s Foreign Minister “personally intervened in this case” and ensure the “early and safe release” of Venkatraman.

In the southern states of Telangan and Andhra, the members of the family of another of the abducted men – Amaralingaeswara Rao, who worked as assistant CEO at the plant – are looking forward to when he returns home.

His father Koaracule Venkateswar told BBC Telugu that his son went to Mali eight years ago to support his family.

“The salary (in India) was low. It has three children to raise,” said Mr. Venkateswar.

His son planned to visit India in October and booked tickets for a flight. But now, he said, they have no idea when they see it.

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