New Delhi: Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj addresses Rajya Sabha, says that 39 Indians who were kidnapped in Iraq were killed by ISIS.
Deep penetration radar confirmed that all Indians were dead after the bodies were exhumed and DNA analysis was completed for all 39 bodies, says Sushma Swaraj. Mortal remains were sent to Baghdad. For verification of bodies, DNA samples of relatives were sent there, four state governments, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar were involved, she added.
The men, mostly workers from Punjab, were snatched from war-ravaged Mosul. The government had classified the men as missing and had said it would continue its search for the men till it received concrete proof of their death.
