Relief as ISIS frees two remaining Indian hostages

With the ISIS in libya releasing the two abducted teachers from Hyderabad from weeklong captivity, their families in the city heaved a huge sigh of relief.

According to the reports reaching here from Tripoli, the abductors handed over the assistant professors Balram and Gopikrishna to the officials of Indian Embassy on Wednesday.

The good news of their release came a day after the other two abducted Indians reached home safely after they were released by the ISIS.Andhra Pradesh representative in New Delhi K Rammohan Rao said that he received the news of their release form the officials of External Affairs. “They are safe and healthy,” he said.

Balram and Gopikrishna will be sent back to India soon, he added. Relatives and friends gathered at the homes of the two released hostages in Trumalgiri and Nacharam and congratulated the family members on the new development.“We are grateful to the Government, political leaders, officials and the media for their help in this difficult hour,” said Kalyani, wife of Gopikrishna.

Family sources said that they were expected to reach Hyderabad on Thursday evening. The other two hostages, who returned home on Tuesday, belonged to Karnataka. All of them were working in Sirte University outside Tripoli for the last seven years. They were abducted by the gunmen at a checkpost on last Wednesday when they were on their way to the airport.