Jaipur: “Hello! I am from Jaipur Rajasthan Rajasthan Government.” When Raghuveer Sharma heard these words during a phone call after a week of intense tension, he heaved a sigh of relief. The caller assured him that the Rajasthan government had contacted the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and someone Have spoken Indian Embassy will call him soon.
Raghuveer told TOI, “On April 22 when we were planning to flee the country, there was tension. I can’t tell you and my 28 colleagues are happy when we got the call – all from different districts of the state.”
As violence in sudan, Raghuveer along with his associates got trapped in Sobah Al Sabur, a small encampment located about 15 km from the capital Khartoum. From his experience of the last six days, he was seeking local help to flee the country.
“It was not easy to flee the country with the help of the local embassy. Call after call from the Rajasthan government official gave us a new lease of life. On April 23, the embassy sent us three cars to take us to the port of Sudan. For,” said Raghuveer.
On April 14, the news of a clash in the compound of Omega Steel Plant reached. Raghu and some of his colleagues decide to buy tickets to India for 15 April. Unfortunately, on 15 April news arrived that Khartoum airport was under siege.
The real trouble started on 16 April.
“A group of Rapid Support Force reached our premises. They entered the guest house, held us at gunpoint and looted cash and keys of three company vehicles. Then they threw us out of the guest house building. We spent about 24 hours.” The next morning at the plant before he left,” recalled Raghuveer’s aide Gajanand Sharma.
As soon as the team left, he and his friend entered the guest house and found the entire guest house in a dilapidated condition. The RSF team ransacked the guest house and took away whatever food was available.
Gajanand said, “To our surprise, we found young boys of 15-16 years holding AK-47s. Luckily for us, some stock was left in the storeroom. We had to ration it for the next few days.” ”
On 24 April, this team of 29 Rajasthanis was taken to a school complex in Port of Sudan. Army contingent reached the spot.
“Panic gripped us again. Some of us tried to escape by climbing the walls. People went inside and told us, “Don’t panic. We are from Indian Navy. We are here to help you. It was the first time we felt that now we can actually return to India.”
From the port of Sudan, the team along with other Indians boarded a ship to reach Jeddah and from there they boarded an IAF flight to Delhi.
Finally on 27 April the team returned to their village. “Since April 15, our only aim was to find out how to come back to our village. But now there is a fresh tension. We are jobless,” Raghuveer signed off.
Raghuveer told TOI, “On April 22 when we were planning to flee the country, there was tension. I can’t tell you and my 28 colleagues are happy when we got the call – all from different districts of the state.”
As violence in sudan, Raghuveer along with his associates got trapped in Sobah Al Sabur, a small encampment located about 15 km from the capital Khartoum. From his experience of the last six days, he was seeking local help to flee the country.
“It was not easy to flee the country with the help of the local embassy. Call after call from the Rajasthan government official gave us a new lease of life. On April 23, the embassy sent us three cars to take us to the port of Sudan. For,” said Raghuveer.
On April 14, the news of a clash in the compound of Omega Steel Plant reached. Raghu and some of his colleagues decide to buy tickets to India for 15 April. Unfortunately, on 15 April news arrived that Khartoum airport was under siege.
The real trouble started on 16 April.
“A group of Rapid Support Force reached our premises. They entered the guest house, held us at gunpoint and looted cash and keys of three company vehicles. Then they threw us out of the guest house building. We spent about 24 hours.” The next morning at the plant before he left,” recalled Raghuveer’s aide Gajanand Sharma.
As soon as the team left, he and his friend entered the guest house and found the entire guest house in a dilapidated condition. The RSF team ransacked the guest house and took away whatever food was available.
Gajanand said, “To our surprise, we found young boys of 15-16 years holding AK-47s. Luckily for us, some stock was left in the storeroom. We had to ration it for the next few days.” ”
On 24 April, this team of 29 Rajasthanis was taken to a school complex in Port of Sudan. Army contingent reached the spot.
“Panic gripped us again. Some of us tried to escape by climbing the walls. People went inside and told us, “Don’t panic. We are from Indian Navy. We are here to help you. It was the first time we felt that now we can actually return to India.”
From the port of Sudan, the team along with other Indians boarded a ship to reach Jeddah and from there they boarded an IAF flight to Delhi.
Finally on 27 April the team returned to their village. “Since April 15, our only aim was to find out how to come back to our village. But now there is a fresh tension. We are jobless,” Raghuveer signed off.