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

02/04/2018 07:40:53

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

02/04/2018 11:08:30

authorities in Amritsar are making the required arrangements to receive the bodies expected to arrive by a special aircraft tomorrow afternoon.

02/04/2018 07:43:22

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

02/04/2018 11:11:37

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.

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