Overview
- The Indian Embassy said Rakki Kishan Gopal had been stranded on Socotra for weeks and returned to India on Thursday morning.
- She was evacuated on a special Yemenia flight to Jeddah on January 7 and was received by the Consulate General of India there.
- Officials have not disclosed her reasons for being on the island or the circumstances that led to her being stranded.
- Flights to Socotra were suspended as clashes intensified on the mainland, leaving more than 400 foreign tourists unable to depart, according to local authorities cited in reports.
- The travel disruption stems from intensified fighting between Saudi-backed government forces and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, with reported shifts in control in Hadramout and al-Mahra.