Mehdi Hasan from Mumbai, who was stuck in Syria amid the civil war in the country, was on Tuesday evacuated safely and shifted to Lebanon's Beirut by the officials of the Indian Embassy in Syria. An official from the Indian Embassy in Syria told mid-day, “Hasan and other Indians were on Tuesday safely evacuated to Beirut from where they will be sent to India in a special flight.”

The official added that around 75 Indian nationals have been evacuated, with over 40 people being from Kashmir and one from Mumbai. They were all accommodated in a bus and using the road route, sent to Beirut. The group was later transferred to the Indian Embassy in Lebanon whose officials will ensure their return to India.