Public uprising in Sudan: Indians seek advice from embassy on safety

HYDERABAD: With an uprising in Sudan against the government and a tense situation prevailing, the Indian community in Sudan has complained that there were getting no information from the Indian Embassy in Sudan.

“I don’t see any update about current situation here. We all need to be assured that we have someone here we can rely upon in times of crisis,” Vikas Sagar who lives in Sudan said.

“I am surprise that there has been no notification in view of the current events. We have a good population of expats,” he said.

In the FB group ‘Indians in Sudan’, one member by name Satyam Batra said the Indian embassy had said the ‘current situation was not alarming or threatening’. “I do not know that to do, laugh or cry,” he said.

Satyam Batra said he had also put a post on the official page of the Indian embassy in Khartoum. “But I doubt they even care to respond,” he said. He also said there was a helpline but nobody picked up the calls. “Neither are they willing to call back. I am taking this matter to be reported to GOI,” he said. Satyam Batra from Delhi currently lives in Khartoum, Sudan.