taken captive by locals in a trading hub in China. The two were
escorted safely to the consulate in Shanghai, External Affairs
Minister S.M. Krishna said after talks with the Chinese envoy here.
Krishna met Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yan here Wednesday afternoon and
was assured that Beijing was paying "serious attention" to the safety
of Indian traders, Deepak Raheja and Shyam Sunder Agarwal.
Following the meeting, Krishna said the incident should not be blown
out of proportion.
The two Indians were trapped in a hotel in Yiwu city, a trading hub
near Shanghai, after some locals alleged that the firm they worked
with and whose owner is absconding owed them millions of dollars.
Zhang met Krishna at his residence here and assured the minister that
the safety of Indians in China was a "priority".
"The traders have been released and they are on their way to Shanghai
under consular officers security. Raheja and Agarwal are out of Yiwu.
Let's not blow this incident out of proportion," Krishna told
reporters after the meeting.
The minister said the two countries agreed that the safety of the two
Indians "involved in a civil litigation in Yiwu is of utmost
importance".
Asked about the return of the traders to India, Krishna said: "Our
consular officers have met them. They will perhaps work out the
details, but let us not forget that there is a civil litigation
against them and we will have to take that into consideration."
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Ambassador Zhang said the Chinese authorities were "working hard to
resolve the issue".
"I think it will be settled according to legal procedure and according
to the rule of law," the envoy told reporters.
In telephonic interviews to Indian TV channels earlier when they were
held captive in a hotel, the Indian traders alleged that their lives
were at risk because an angry crowd was waiting for them.
Pleading for help from the Indian government, the Indian traders also
alleged in TV interviews that they were beaten up and tortured by some
people.
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