PRAYAGRAJ, June 24 -- Syed Ghazanfar Abbas, a resident of Rani Mandi in Prayagraj, along with his son, daughter and sister, finally returned to their hometown on Monday after getting stuck in war-torn Iran for several days.

The family could never forget the day when they had just left the hotel in Qom city, Iran on June 13 to catch a flight to Tehran when the war between Israel and Iran started. Amidst the chaos, Syed Ghazanfar Abbas was told that the flight was cancelled and that he and his family would have to stay back in the same hotel for some time. The sudden change in conditions had stalled air travel for four days.

When Syed reached Prayagraj on Monday morning with his family, he first thanked the Indian government for every pos...