Umesh Kumar an IPS officer from the 1988-batch Gujarat cadre, Additional Director General of Police CID, Bengaluru has been appointed as nodal officer to coordinate with the Central government to bring back Kannadigas from Afghanistan.
The official notification stated, “As there is a conflict situation in Afghanistan, to bring back Indians stranded there, the central government has already started a helpline. To coordinate with the central government and bring back Kannadigas safely from there, Umesh Kumar, IPS, Additional Director General of Police CID, Bengaluru, has been appointed as nodal officer”.
The Indian ambassador and its staff at the embassy in Kabul were bought by the Indian government on Tuesday. They were bought two days after its take over by the Taliban in a heavy-lift military transport aircraft. The state Home Minister, Araga Janendra said that there are 339 Afghans in Karnataka, and out of them, 192 are students. The Basavaraj Bommai Administration will discuss with the center on renewing their visas and will provide them protection.
