Mangapudi Srinivas and Kaushal Anish Sharma were released Saturday morning. Mangapudi Srinivas and Kaushal Anish Sharma were released Saturday morning.

Two Indians, abducted from Benue state of Nigeria about a fortnight ago, were released Saturday, the government said. “Mr Mangapudi Srinivas and Mr Kaushal Anish Sharma, who were kidnapped in the morning of June 29 from an area called Boko, near Makurdi in Benue state of Nigeria, were released Saturday morning at 10.30 am,” Vikas Swarup, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, said.

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Srinivas and Sharma, hailing from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, respectively, were on their way to Dangote Cement Plant in a car when armed men abducted them.

Swarup had earlier said, “As far as our information goes there is no hand of terror group Boko Haram and it seems local criminal elements were responsible for the act.”

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