Three Indian Nationals Rescued After Going Missing in Iran

Rescue of Missing Indians in Iran
The Iranian Embassy in New Delhi announced on Tuesday that three Indian nationals who had been reported missing in Iran have been successfully rescued.
According to local Iranian media, the police located and freed the three men, as stated by the embassy on social media.
These individuals, hailing from Punjab, had been misled into believing they were traveling to Australia in April but instead found themselves in Iran, where they subsequently went missing. Their families claimed that a group of agents from Pakistan had abducted them, demanding a ransom of Rs 18 lakh each.
On May 28, the Indian Embassy in Tehran expressed its concern and urged Iranian authorities to locate the missing individuals promptly.
The men are identified as Amritpal Singh from Hoshiarpur, Hushanpreet Singh from Sangrur, and Jaspal Singh from Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar.
Three missing Indian citizens freed by Tehran police
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Local media in Iran say police have found and released three Indian men who had gone missing in Iran.https://t.co/YAkirkKRHg
All three men maintained contact with their families until May 17. Jaspal’s brother, Ashok Kumar, reported that Jaspal was taken to Dubai on April 1 and held there for a month. When Amritpal and Hushanpreet arrived in Dubai on April 25, they were all transported to Tehran on May 1.
Kumar recounted that the men were taken to a location where they were forced to strip and were then able to make video calls to their families, revealing that they had been kidnapped and were coerced into transferring Rs 18 lakh each to bank accounts in Pakistan.
Amritpal’s mother, Gurdip Kaur, filed a police complaint stating that her son had been promised employment in Australia by two travel agents, Dheeraj Atwal and his brother Kamal Atwal.
Authorities allege that the accused took Rs 18 lakh from Amritpal, claiming they would facilitate his travel to Australia via Iran using a convoluted route designed to evade border checks.