The flight of ‘Operation Sindhu’ reached Delhi with 290 Indian citizens from Iran late Friday night at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. As soon as he got off the aircraft, people raised slogans of ‘Hindustan Zindabad’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. Seeing this view, many people present there became emotional. He expressed his happiness by hugging each other.
Most of the students returned to India from Iran were from Jammu and Kashmir. Some students are also from Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka and West Bengal. Most of those who returned are those who went to Iran on pilgrimage while many students were studying there.
190 out of 290 Indians from Jammu and Kashmir
A student studying at Tehran University of Medical Sciences said, ‘This journey was full of struggles, but with the help of the Indian Embassy and the Government of India, we were able to return to our homes safely. Our parents were very upset.
Let us know that amid the ongoing war between Iran and Israel, the Indian government started ‘Operation Sindhu’ so that Indian citizens trapped in Iran could be brought back safely. Earlier on Thursday, 110 Indian students were brought to India via Armenia and Doha.
Arun Kumar Chatterjee, Secretary, Passport, Visa and Consular Affairs in the Ministry of External Affairs, said, “Out of 290 citizens who arrived in India today from Iran, 190 are from Jammu and Kashmir. Iran made this mission possible by allowing the use of its aircraft.
1000 Indian citizens will come home under ‘Operation Indus’
The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association has also thanked the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs and all the concerned agencies. The association says that this is a big relief for those families who had been upset for a long time for their children’s safe return.
According to officials, two more flights are going to reach India on this day, one of which will be from Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. About 1,000 Indian citizens are being brought back home under the entire ‘Operation Indus’.
Iran allows the use of aircraft
Earlier all the students and pilgrims were brought to Mashhad from Tehran, from where they were sent to India through special flights in the coordination of Indian officials. In this entire campaign, Iran proved to be the most important step to allow its aircraft to use its aircraft.