July 15, 2016 1:10 PM

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Sankat Mochan: 156 Indians return safely to Delhi from strife torn South Sudan

One hundred and fifty six Indians returned safely from strife torn South Sudan to Delhi as part of the operation Sankat Mochan. <br/><br/>Minister of State in the External Affairs Ministry V K Singh told reporters that three hundred more people expressed desire to come back to India from Sudan. Second aircraft carrying Indians will reach later in the day. <br/><br/>The evacuation operation named as Sankat Mochan is being headed by Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retd.) VK Singh.<br/><br/>MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup in a tweet said, the first aircraft has 143 Indian citizens including 10 women and 3 infants. <br/><br/>The Indian Ambassador in South Sudan, Srikumar Menon speaking to AIR told that the 2nd aircraft is carrying 9 Indian nationals and 2 Nepalese citizens.

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