Separately, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said a group of 20 Indians crossed over to Chad through the adjoining land border with Sudan.
Our teams are facilitating their journey back home, he said on Twitter.
On Monday, India brought back 186 people under the evacuation mission that was launched a week back. On Sunday, 229 Indians arrived in Bengaluru while 365 people reached Delhi on Saturday. Under the evacuation mission, 754 people arrived in India in two batches on Friday.
The Indians were brought back home from the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah where India set up a transit camp for the evacuees. The first batch of 360 evacuees returned to New Delhi in a commercial plane on Wednesday. The second batch of 246 Indian evacuees arrived in Mumbai in a C17 Globemaster aircraft of the IAF on Thursday.
Under ‘Operation Kaveri’, India has been taking its citizens in buses from conflict zones of Khartoum and other troubled areas to Port Sudan from where they are being taken to the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah in Indian Air Force’s heavy-lift transport aircraft and Indian Navy’s ships.
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Operation Kaveri: Nearly 3,000 Indians Brought Home From Conflict-Hit Sudan
By tirupatinews
