Worried about my son's fate: Mother of Odisha man abducted in Mali
Panad Venkat Raman, a resident of Odisha's Ganjam district, is among three Indian nationals kidnapped by an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist outfit in Mali. "I am very much worried about the fate of my son," 28-year-old Raman's mother said. "Request [External Affairs Ministry] to personally intervene in the matter and secure his early and safe release," said Odisha's former CM Naveen Patnaik.