The Indian Embassy in Sudan said that "miscreants" have breached the premises of the diplomatic mission in Khartoum.
In a statement by the Indian mission on Monday, it said that it had been receiving a number of queries from Sudanese nationals who had deposited their passports with the embassy before the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began in mid-April.
The Indian embassy said that it has made several attempts to retrieve the passports but was “unable to access” the embassy premises because of the current security situation.
The mission said that “miscreants” have been try to exploit the situation by demanding money to retrieve the passports.
“This demand from miscreants, who may have breached the diplomatic premises and exploiting the present crisis is illegal. The Embassy of India does not approve this act. People using these services are also involved in illegal acts,” the embassy said.
It warned that the mission would take “take necessary legal steps at an appropriate time against erring individuals who are party to breaching of our diplomatic premises”.
The press statement by the Indian embassy comes after renewed clashes between Sudanese troops and the RSF fighters since last week after the expiry of a ceasefire brokered by several foreign governments, including Saudi Arabia.
The UN Security Council last week called for an immediate stop to fighting after a meeting on the security situation in the African nation.
According to several estimates, nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the country since April. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said that the fighting has displaced nearly two million residents and around 60,000 of them have fled Sudan for neighbouring nations.