Indians abducted: MEA raises issue with Kenya
First Published: 25th October, 2022 11:24 IST
Zulfikar Ahmad Khan, former COO of Balaji Telefilms, and his friend Mohamed Zaid Sami Kidwai had left for Kenya this summer.
India is deeply concerned over the abduction of it’s 2 nationals in Kenya. This is what has been conveyed to Kenyan President William Ruto by the Ministry of External Affairs.
Namgya Khampa, the Indian High Commissioner to Kenya, met President Ruto and spoke on expediting the probe into the incident.
The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement stated that the specific circumstances surrounding the abduction of the two Indian nationals – Mohammad Zaid Sami Kidwai and Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan – and subsequent lack of information is “very disturbing.”
According to reports, a senior assistant to Kenya’s president last week stated that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations or the DCI had assassinated the two missing Indians, Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan Mohammad Zaid Sami Kidwai.
The missing Indians Zulfikar Ahmad Khan, former COO of Balaji Telefilms, and his friend Mohamed Zaid Sami Kidwai had left for Kenya this summer. Both of them were in contact with their families and friends till July 21 before they went missing.
As per reports, the Internal Affairs Unit of Kenya Police is probing the matter.
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