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Wife of kidnapped Afghan Sikh calls for PM Modi's intervention in rescue efforts, seeks Indian citizenship for family

The wife of a kidnapped Afghan Sikh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting for assistance from the Indian government for the release of her husband. Nidan Singh Sachdeva was kidnapped on June 17 from Chamkani, Paktia in eastern Afghanistan.

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Nidan Singh Sachdeva was kidnapped on June 17 from Chamkani, Paktia in eastern Afghanistan
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The wife of a kidnapped Afghan Sikh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting for assistance from the Indian government for the release of her husband. Nidan Singh Sachdeva was kidnapped on June 17 from Chamkani, Paktia in eastern Afghanistan.

His wife wrote to Modi on June 15, saying, "Government of India is requested to provide us appropriate assistance and take appropriate action as deemed fit." 

"I request you to kindly repatriate him back to New Delhi immediately after his release and grant us Indian citizenship at the earliest," she said.  

Nidan Singh was kidnapped from Gurdwara Tala Sahib, Chamkani in Afghanistan. He was there to maintain the Gurdwara where Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism, had once visited. 

He was the lone person managing and performing community service in the gurudwara. 

Singh and his family of 6 -- wife, 2 sons and 3 daughters -- had moved to India in 1992 due to civil unrest in Afghanistan and have been staying in New Delhi as refugees. While the identity of abductors is not known, Paktia is the epicentre of the Taliban and has been a safe haven for terror groups like the Haqqani network. 

He was a cook by profession in Delhi and used to earn a livelihood by undertaking meal orders for community kitchens like langer. 

India has "strongly" condemned the abduction of Nidan Singh with the Ministry of External Affairs saying, "The targeting and persecution of the minority community members by terrorists at the behest of their external supporters is a matter of grave concern."

The MEA said that the Indian government is in touch with the Afghan government on the issue and is hoping the "Government of Afghanistan would be able to secure safe and early release of Nidan Singh.

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