LIVE: V K Singh to bring back bodies of 39 Indians from Iraq today

Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh will bring back the mortal remains of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country Iraq by ISIS, today.

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7:39 AM02 April 2018

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh leaves for Iraq to bring back mortal remains of 38 Indians who were killed by ISIS in Mosul. pic.twitter.com/SuRIbIg1VB

— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2018

7:40 AM02 April 2018

After coming back, he will first go to Amritsar followed by Patna and Kolkata to hand over bodies to their relatives

7:43 AM02 April 2018

""The minister left around 1 PM from the Hindon airbase and is expected to return with the bodies tomorrow""

- an official said.

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07:39 AM (IST)  •  02 Apr 2018

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh leaves for Iraq to bring back mortal remains of 38 Indians who were killed by ISIS in Mosul. pic.twitter.com/SuRIbIg1VB

— ANI (@ANI) April 1, 2018

07:40 AM (IST)  •  02 Apr 2018

After coming back, he will first go to Amritsar followed by Patna and Kolkata to hand over bodies to their relatives

11:08 AM (IST)  •  02 Apr 2018

a senior official said:
“ authorities in Amritsar are making the required arrangements to receive the bodies expected to arrive by a special aircraft tomorrow afternoon. ”

07:43 AM (IST)  •  02 Apr 2018

an official said.:
“ "The minister left around 1 PM from the Hindon airbase and is expected to return with the bodies tomorrow"”

11:11 AM (IST)  •  02 Apr 2018

Last month, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had told Parliament that 40 Indians were abducted by ISIS from Mosul in Iraq in June 2014, but one of them escaped posing as a Muslim from Bangladesh. The remaining 39 were taken to Badoosh and killed, she had said, reported news agency PTI.