The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said the two Indians abducted last month from Benue State of Nigeria have been released and will be shortly brought to the country.
"Mangapudi Srinivas and Kaushal Anish Sharma, who were kidnapped in the morning of June 29 from an area called Boko, near Makurdi in Benue state of Nigeria, were released on Saturday morning at 1030 hrs IST," said MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup.
"Both have spoken to their families. Sharma's wife profusely thanked the External Affairs Minister for ensuring safe release. She also thanked the Ministry and the Mission for keeping the family informed of developments almost on daily basis," Swarup added.
Srinivas hails from Andhra Pradesh and his colleague Sharma is from Karnataka. Both had started from their residential quarters in a car to Dangote Cement Plc Plant. On reaching a traffic signal, a group of armed men barged into the car and abducted them at gun point.