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INDIA
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh on Sunday left for Mosul in Iraq to bring back the mortal remains of the 39 Indians who were killed in the war-torn country.
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh on Sunday left for Mosul in Iraq to bring back the mortal remains of the 39 Indians who were killed in the war-torn country.
Earlier this month, Swaraj had told Parliament that as many as 40 Indians were abducted by terror group ISIS from Mosul in Iraq in June 2014, but one of them escaped posing as a Muslim from Bangladesh.
The remaining 39 Indians were taken to Badoosh and killed, she had said.
Families of some of these victims had met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on March 26.
"I am leaving for Iraq, will be getting back mortal remains of the 39 Indians. Tomorrow, I will return to Amritsar, and then will go to Kolkata and then Patna. The families of the victims have been informed about the same," Singh said.
Singh also said that they won't get one man's mortal remains as his case is pending. "We will handover coffins to the family members with evidence so that they have no doubts about it. My deepest condolences to the families of the deceased."