Islamic State kidnaps four Indians in Libya; Sushma Swaraj briefs PM Modi about the situation

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday informed that four Indians have been kidnapped by the Islamic State extremists in Libya's Sirte.

According to NDTV these four Indians are teachers who were teaching at a the Sirte University for the last year.

Talking to the media, Vikas Swarup said that the 3 of the kidnapped Indians are teachers at the University where is the other one works at the University. Two of them are from Hyderabad and two are from Karnataka.  

Ministry of External Affairs is in constant touch with the families of abducted people. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday reportedly apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the hostage situation in Libya. 

The kidnappers have not made any ransom demands yet and foreign ministry officials are trying to ascertain the whereabouts of these four Indians.

These teachers were kidnapped from the Islamic State controlled area of Libya.

There is still no information about 39 Indians who were kidnapped in Mosul town of Iraq by ISIS over a year ago. "Numerous third-party sources have told us they were alive,"Swarup told Reuters. 

The Indian government had issued an advisory telling its citizens to leave Libya.

(With agency inputs)