An Indian Air Force Garud Special Forces officer carries a child to the C-130J Special Ops aircraft while evacuating Indian nationals from Sudan to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. India has deployed its military planes and warships to rescue Indians from there.
The third batch of another 135 stranded Indians, aboard the second IAF C-130J aircraft, left strife-torn Sudan on Wednesday.
The Ministry of External Affairs tweeted that 121 passengers left by the IAF C-130J aircraft. However, the MoS MEA later tweeted saying 148 Indians were evacuated in the second batch.
As the fighting between the Sudanese Army and paramilitary groups intensified in the capital Khartoum, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed on Monday that its 'Operation Kaveri' to evacuate its citizens from battle-torn Sudan is underway and about 500 Indians had reached Port Sudan.
India launched "Operation Kaveri" to bring back stranded Indians from the war-torn country.
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