India, Nov. 4 -- A 36-year-old Indian national has been abducted by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's Al Fashir, as the civil war continues to disrupt the country in a crisis that has led to the world's largest humanitarian disaster. Sudan's ambassador to India, Mohammed Abdalla Ali Eltom, has assured that his country is coordinating efforts to secure the release of the Indian national.

The RSF has recently captured the city, which was the military's last stronghold in Darfur, after surrounding it for 18 months and blocking the delivery of food and other essential supplies to thousands of people.

The abducted Indian national has been identified as Adarsh Behera, who was reportedly kidnapped from Al Fashir, about 1,0...