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Father Tom Uzhannalil, the Indian Catholic priest abducted by terrorists in Yemen, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here, shortly after his arrival in the country on Thursday.
“Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who was recently rescued from captivity in Yemen met PM @narendramodi,” the Office of the Prime Minister tweeted.
Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who was recently rescued from captivity in Yemen met PM @narendramodi. pic.twitter.com/2OxWX52zSS
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— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 28, 2017
Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Raveesh Kumar tweeted: “PM @narendramodi meets Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who was recently rescued from captivity in Yemen.”
PM @narendramodi meets Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who was recently rescued from captivity in Yemen. pic.twitter.com/cOqhF7e6Ys
— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) September 28, 2017
Uzhunnalil, who was rescued earlier this month from an undisclosed location in Yemen, arrived in India on Thursday.
As per reports, after his meeting with Modi and Swaraj, Uzhunnalil will head to Bengaluru to attend a bishops’ conference and share his experience.
On 1 October, he will arrive in Kerala and head for his home-town at Ramapuram in Kottayam district. He will then meet Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala.
In March 2016, militants barged into a care home for the elderly set up by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Yemen’s Aden and shot dead many people, including four nuns of the charity organisation, among whom one was from India.
After the shooting, the militants took away the Catholic priest. Since then, other than a few videos released from time to time, there has been no news of his whereabouts.
In May, a video of the Indian priest was posted online in which he was seen to be in poor health and calling for help.
(With inputs from agencies)
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