'Duped And Tortured': 17 Indians Rescued From Libya Return Home (Photo: Twitter/@vikramsahney)New Delhi: Seventeen men, who were held captive by an armed group in Seventeen men, who were held captive by an armed group in Libya , were rescued after six months. These Indian nationals were duped by unscrupulous agents in India on the pretext of sending them to Italy for a job. The Indian nationals were rescued and brought back to the country due to persistent efforts by the Ministry of External Affairs MEA ). According to reports, the family members of the stranded Indian nationals reached out to the Indian embassy in Tunis. On X (formerly known as Twitter), Indian Embassy in Tunisia, tweeted, "The Embassy of India to Libya successfully repatriated 17 Indian Nationals from Punjab and Haryana (on 19 August 2023), who were detained in Libya since February 2023.

Source: Libya Today August 22, 2023 06:38 UTC