Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Sep 23: Indian origin Salesian priest Fr Tom Uzhunnalil who was abducted in ISIS and rescued in Yemen on September 12 will reach New Delhi from Vatican on September 28.
Currently recuperating at the press office in Vatican, the priest will call on Prime Minister and the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to thank them for Indian government’s efforts to free him from his abductors.
Earlier Sushma Swaraj had tweeted that she had spoken to Fr Tom and he had thanked the Government of India, PM, people and governments involved in his rescue mission and people of India for their concern and prayers.
Fr Tom will reach Bengaluru on September 29 and come to his native place Ramapuram here on October 1, informed Fr George Muttathuparampil, spokesman of the Salesian congregation.