Patna, Feb. 27: There is finally some good news for Uma Srivastava, the mother of civil engineer Kumar Sameer. Sameer, who was stuck in civil war-ravaged Libya, is finally coming home.

Uma told The Telegraph today that she had a talk with her son yesterday and his return is now confirmed.

“He called us and said he had boarded a ship to Egypt. We were very relieved to hear that. We do not know when he will reach India or even when his ship will reach Egypt. But he is coming home. Once he reaches Egypt, he will take a flight to Delhi or Mumbai. We are eagerly waiting for him to return,” said Uma.

But good news did not reach every home.

Danapur resident Shiv Dayal Sinha, whose son Ajit is still stuck in the north African country, is spending sleepless nights.

“I know that Indians are being evacuated from Libya. Yesterday, 60 people boarded the flight for New Delhi. But my son was not among them,” said the distraught father.

He added that first the aged people were being air lifted.

“He has volunteered to be in the last group to leave. He told me that people have started to leave slowly. I do not know when he will come back,” said Sinha.

Ajit works for Punj Lloyd Company that has been constructing gas and oil pipelines for the past four years.

Sameer, on the other hand, has been living in Libya since 2009. He was slated to return to India on February 20.

Leader of the Opposition Abdul Bari Siddiqui said around 300 people from Bihar were stuck in Libya at present. He asked the state government to immediately initiate steps so that they can be brought back home.

Official sources said that as many as 28 people, including 12 from the Siwan district of Bihar, mostly labourers, were among the 680 persons brought last night to New Delhi from Libya. The source said that they were sent to Patna by Air India today. Air India sources in Patna, however, claimed ignorance about the arrival of any such passengers.

Earlier on February 26, The Telegraph had reported how Sameer had written an email to his sister describing the ordeals the Indians had to go through before the government came to their rescue.

Sameer had written about how war had started in Libya and how the group of people stuck there had food only for two days. He had also asked his sister to pray for his safe return but asked his family to be prepared for the worst eventuality.