Freed by African Rebels, Indian Pilot on Way Home


New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS): After more than a week of captivity with African rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Indian pilot Syed Mazher will be back home with his family in Bangalore Thursday.

Syed Mazher, 25, who was serving as a co-pilot with a private airline, Goma Express, was taken hostage July 24 by Rwandan rebels after they attacked an airplane at an airstrip in Kitambe, about 25 km north of Walikale in DRC's North Kivu province.

The Indian government, through the Indian embassy in Kinshasa, had asked the Congo government to help in securing the release of the Indian pilot.

On Sunday, he was released by the rebels after negotiations with the DRC government. Two UN helicopters had picked up Syed Mazher from the remote area.

"He is flying home today on an Ethiopian airlines flight. He should be reaching home tomorrow," said an official at the Indian embassy.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Freed by African Rebels, Indian Pilot on Way Home



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.