News Source: Hindu
| 10 months ago
Simon Paranthaman (39), kidnapped in Afghanistan for ransom, is dead, according to official sources here. “We have lost him,” they said. Paranthaman, who hails from a village near Kallakurichi in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, was abducted...
News Source: Time of India
| 10 months ago
A pizza maker from Tamil Nadu held captive by militants in Afghanistan for nearly four months is dead, his family and the external affairs ministry said on Monday. The small hamlet of Thirumakondam in a remote part of Villupuram district plunged into...
News Source: Press TV
| 10 months ago
Simon Paranthaman, 38, was abducted along with two Afghans in October from the Herat province in western Afghanistan. An official at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs announced Monday that Afghan authorities had informed New Delhi that Simon...
News Source: Press TV
| 10 months ago
He was buried in the mountains of the Guzara district just outside the city of Herat, Nikzad said. "Haft Darband mountains is an area of the Taliban...We are trying through tribal elders to find his body," he said. This is while the Pajhwok Afghan...
News Source: Time of India
| 10 months ago
An Indian worker kidnapped by unknown militants in Afghanistan last October has died in the captivity of his abductors, officials and his family said on Monday. A terse press statement from the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in Chennai said: "...
News Source: The Hindustan Times
| 10 months ago
Simon Paramanathan, who was working as a chef in an Italian food company 'Fiano' in Herat province, was abducted on October 13 last year by a terrorist outfit identifying itself as 'Mujahideen'. The abductors had initially demanded a ransom of USD...