Kozhikode: On March 31,an engineer from Kerala has been kidnapped by an unknown militia in strife-torn Libya, according to information received in Kozhikode. Regi Joseph, 43, of Koorachundu in Kozhikode district was kidnapped by an anti-government group from his workplace at Souk al Jumaa near Libya's capital, Tripoli. As per the report,three other people also kidnapped.

In Al Diwan Company,Regi works as an infrastructure engineer.Before his kidnapped,a month ago Rebel forces had tried to hack into its servers and he had been staying in Tripoli with his wife Shinuja, a nurse at the Tripoli-based TMC Hospital, for the last two years.

Regi's father Pulluvelil Joseph said, “ his daughter-in-law has sought the Indian embassy's help” M K Raghavan, Kozhikode MP, said “he had taken up the matter with CM Oommen Chandy and external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj”