2 teachers rescued from Daesh back home

Two teachers, who were rescued last week after over a year-long captivity by Daesh terrorists in Libya, returned home yesterday.

T. Gopikrishna and C. Balram Kishan reached here from New Delhi in the early hours.

They merely said they were happy to be reunited with their families, but declined to answer any queries from the media or share their experiences in captivity.

The two teachers of the University of Sirte were abducted by Daesh militants on July 29, 2015 while on their way to Tripoli airport to return to India.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had announced on September 15 that they had been rescued.

Gopikrishna, 35, an assistant professor at the University of Sirte, belongs to Tekkali in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, while Balram Kishan, 52, a professor at the same university, is from Telangana’s Karimnagar district.

Gopikrishna talking to mediapersons at his residence in Nacharam here thanked the Libyan Army and the government of India, especially the Ministry of External Affairs. He declined to speak on how they were freed.