Nearly 3,000 Indians have now left Sudan under #OperationKaveri," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted. "An Indian Airforce flight has landed in New Delhi with 40 passengers. With this flight, around 2,300 people have reached India," External Affairs minister Jaishankar tweeted.
It was the 8th flight carrying Indian evacuees that took off from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah, since 'Operation Kaveri' began. The 7th flight destined for Bengaluru took off from Jeddah with 229 passengers onboard.
On Saturday evening, 365 Indians from Sudan arrived in New Delhi, while a flight carrying 231 Indian passengers reached the national capital on Saturday morning. As a ceasefire has been called in Sudan, several countries, including India, are attempting to evacuate their citizens from a conflict-ridden nation.
Sudan is experiencing bloodshed due to clashes between the army and paramilitary forces. Even though there is a 72-hour ceasefire, there have been allegations of violence. Fighting has erupted between soldiers loyal to Sudanese army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, paramilitary Rapid Support Soldiers (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo.