Chennai: Just as Chubby thought that his ordeal was finally over after being dropped off at the Tripoli airport by a pro-Moammer Gaddafi supporter, a new problem cropped in. Finding Indian families among 50,000odd stranded passengers was quite a task.
When he eventually found some, he was told to fill up a form given by embassy officials before he could board a flight.
"My pleas did not yield any result. Three times I joined the queue for the form and three times I was asked to stand aside."
"I felt insulted. What we Indians went through was in stark contrast to people of other nationalities. Other embassy officials waited outside the airport with sporting the national flag to usher us in," he added.
It was an Air India official who came to his rescue. "He promised me that he won't leave without me.
"Only after that assurance, I could relax a bit. I was the last person to board the first flight home," the materials manager said.
Officials of the ministry of external affairs worked with clockwork precision and guided all evacuees to their respective State guest houses, he revealed.
28/02/11 Shiba Prasad Sahu/ExpressBuzz
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