India, July 20 -- The family of Ranjit Singh, an Indian national who has been abducted in Niger's Dosso region, has sought help from the government to bring their son back.

Ranjit Singh, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, was working at a construction site on July 15 when unidentified gunmen attacked, killing two Indians and abducting him.

According to Niger media, unidentified gunmen attacked an Army unit guarding a construction site in Dosso, about 130 kilometres from capital Niamey.

Ranjit Singh's father, Mohan Lal Sen, has urged the Government of India to take immediate action to secure his son's release

"We want to tell Modiji to act on it, the Government of India should work to bring him back. We have been suffer...