Bhubaneswar

Freed by ISIS, Pravash arrives in city

PNS

Odia youth Pravash Ranjan Samal, who had been abducted by ISIS militants in libya and freed later, landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on Friday.

He was accompanied by some officers of the Ministry of External Affairs and he Intelligence Bureau.

Samal, a native of Karilopatna village under Marsaghai block in Kendrapada district, had arrived in Delhi from libya on Thursday.

He was working as a biomedical engineer in a hospital at Sirte in libya since 2002.

Narrating his traumatic experience during his 10-day captivity, Samal said he was uncertain as to what is going to happen next.

“I got a new life as God has blessings on me. I am much mobilised to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sushama Swaraj. The National Security Advisor embraced me at Delhi,” Pravash told reporters here.

Reports said his mother and other family members received Pravash at the airport here.