Chief Minister has sought Centre’s intervention into release of Rajnandgaon engineer Preetam Kumar Sahu who had been taken hostage by pirates of Somalia
Attaching application of Preetam’s father Lokdas with his letter the CM informed Krishna that Preetam was taken hostage by the Somali pirates while he was going to Nigeria to Dubai on board Royal Grace A Panama Fag Vessel as an engineering cadet of Shipping Corporation of India
Earlier, Lokdas informed the CM that besides Preetam, there were 17 more Indians in the vessel. The vessel was captured by the pirates on March 1, 2012 near Somalia
The CM requested to Krishna to personally intervene into the matter and get the hostages released safely at the earliest.
Notably, Lokdas and his wife Kalyani had recently informed the CM about the incident and urged his interference for safe release of their son.
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