Kerala leader VD Satheesan seeks help from the center for Indian safety in Kazakhstan
Thiruvananthapuram:
Opposition leader at Kerala Council VD Satheesan on Sunday sought central government intervention to ensure the safety of Indians trapped in Kazakhstan, which has been rocked by protests violence over rising fuel prices and take the necessary steps to bring them back.
Mr. Satheesan, in a letter to Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, said that there are many Keralites, including students, stranded in that country.
He said that since the outbreak of protests, internet services in the Central Asian country have been suspended and Keralites living there have been unable to contact their families back home in India.
“…We call on the State Department to establish a help desk to assist the Indians there,” Satheesan said in a statement sharing details of the letter.
The unrest began in Kazakhstan’s far west when protests against a sharp increase in the price of widely used LPG as a vehicle fuel began on January 2 and spread across the country, apparently. as reflecting grievances that extend beyond fuel prices.
Authorities there said security forces had killed 26 protesters this week and that 18 law enforcement officers had died.
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