Family members of T.Gopikrishna have been anxiously waiting for his safe return from the clutches of terrorists in Libya. They are hopeful that he would return safely as the militants had already released two persons out of the four abducted.

Mr.Gopikrishna, who was working in SIRTE university as an assistant professor in Libya, was abducted a couple of days ago when he was going to attend a conference in Tripoli.

Mr.Gopikrishna’s parents Narayana Rao and Saraswati on Saturday morning urged the government to speed up the process for his early release. Meanwhile, Srikakulam MP K.Rammohan Naidu met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking his good office for the safe return of the professor who hailed from Tekkali, of Srikakulam district. Minister for NRIs welfare Palle Raghunatha Reddy conveyed Mr.Gopikrishna’s parents that Andhra Pradesh was taking all possible steps for his release.

He was about to come back India.

Mr. Gopikrishna who was abducted by militants is reportedly not happy with the conditions in Libya. After working as a lecturer in Hyderabad, he went to Libya in 2008 as he was offered assistant professor job with lucrative package at SIRTE University of Libya. He gets around Rs.1.7 lakh per month salary in Indian currency.

According to his friends, he has not been happy in Libya for the last one year with political disturbance and insurgency.

In fact, he wanted to shift his wife and daughter to Libya two years ago but dropped the idea with the dip in law and order. However, he could not return immediately as he has an agreement with the University. He felt that breaking up the contract would be a remark in and it would lead to problems in his career. “He tried to hide the conditions in Libya as he did not want us to be scared. But he hinted that he would return very soon once the agreement comes to an end with the University. That is why he kept wife in the house of in-laws,” said G.Leela Vara Prasad, a close friend of Gopikrishna.

IANS report adds

Though Sridevi, a member of Balram Kishan’s family received a SMS on Friday from one of those released that all are safe, the relatives are anxious as there has been no further information. Balram Kishan hails from Hyderabad.

Externals Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said late on Friday that efforts were on to secure the release of two others.

The other Indian Balram has been teaching English at the same university since 2011.

Kalyani, wife of Gopikrishna, said he spoke to her on Wednesday over phone and informed that he is coming home via Tunis. The couple has two children Jhanvi (10) and Eshwar (4).

Balram and Sridevi, a lecturer at a private college in Hyderabad, have two sons Vijaybhaskar (19), a B Tech student at IIT Kharagpur and Madhusudhan (12).