New Delhi: India has described the circumstances surrounding the abduction of two Indians in Kenya as “very disturbing”. ‘Very disturbing’: India on two missing Indians feared killed in KenyaThe Indian envoy to Kenya on Monday met Kenyan President William Ruto and requested him to expedit the investigation into the matter.
Earlier there was a media report that said Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan and Mohammed Zaid Sami Kidwai, who were part of Kenyan President William Ruto’s digital campaign team, were killed by a disbanded group. The report cited a close aide of the Kenyan President who claimed that the Indians were indeed killed. However, it is learnt that the Kenyan government has not said anything officially on the report.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in a statement on Monday said, “We have been in regular touch with the Kenyan government to locate the whereabouts of the two missing Indian nationals, Mohammad Zaid Sami Kidwai and Zulfiqar Ahmed Khan.”
“Our High Commissioner in Nairobi, Namgya Khampa, today called on President William Samoei Ruto to convey our deep concern and request the expediting of investigations into the matter. The specific circumstances surrounding the abduction and subsequent lack of information is very disturbing. We expect that the case will be investigated thoroughly,” it added.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi further said that the case is under active investigation by the Internal Affairs Unit (IAU) of the Kenyan Police. We have noted that several people have been taken into custody in this connection, including officials of the recently abolished Special Service Unit of the Kenyan Police, he added.
Kidwai and Khan, who were part of the Kenya Kwanza digital campaign team, went missing alongside taxi driver Nicodemus Mwania from Mombasa Road in July. They have been missing ever since.
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