Seven Indian nationals were kidnapped in Libya last month and the government has been trying to ensure their release, the Ministry of External Affairs said.

The seven men from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh were working in construction and oil supplies and were kidnapped from a place called Ashwarif on 14th of September.

All of them were on their way to the airport in Tripoli to get back to India when they were kidnapped, foreign ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.

The Ministry of External Affairs is in touch with the Libyan government and some international organisations for their release, he said.