India, Nov. 3 -- An Indian national from Odisha has been abducted by the rebel forces in the ongoing civil war in the African nation of Sudan, and government there is negotiating for his release, reports said on Monday, November 3. Sudan's Ambassador to India Mohammed Abdalla Ali Eltom said his country is coordinating with the Indian ministry of external affairs to secure the release of the man, identified as 36-year-old Adarsh Behera from Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, abducted by the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the war-torn Al Fashir city.

Sources said he was kidnapped from Al Fashir, about 1,000 kilometres from Khartoum, and likely taken to Nyala, an RSF stronghold in South Darfur, PTI reported.

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