Kanpur: India's envoy to Myanmar safe, says his father

India's envoy to Myanmar Saurabh Kumar's father informed media persons that his son is safe and his security has been beefed up after a military coup in the country.

Kanpur: The military coup in Mynamar and detention of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other top political leaders have its repercussions in India too. India's ambassador to Myanmar Saurabh Kumar's father Dr Santosh Kumar became apprehensive after the news of military seizing the country broke out.

Dr Santosh Kumar was flooded with phone calls and messages regarding his son's well being after news of house arrest of top officials came to the fore.

For the unversed, Kumar, a 1989 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, who earlier served as the Indian envoy in Iran is currently India's envoy in Myanmar. Dr Kumar, who is Head of Medicine departments in Medical college, told media persons that his son is safe and the situation is getting back to normal in Mynamar.

He told reporters, "Heavy security personnel has been deployed in Myanmar in view of the current situation and security of Indian ambassadors has been increased. There is nothing to worry and I am constantly in touch with my son and daughter-in-law. Myanmar's military has cordial relations with Indian ambassadors."

A day after seizing control of the country, the military in Myanmar on Tuesday released a majority of the detained regional and state Chief Ministers, but there was no word on State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint.

Phone and internet access to Naypyitaw was lost and Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party could not be reached. Myanmar lawmakers were to gather Monday in the capital Naypyitaw for the first session of Parliament since last year's election.

The military, known as the Tatmadaw, charged that there was massive voting fraud in the election, though it has failed to provide proof. The state Union Election Commission last week rejected its allegations.

With agency inputs