Abducted Indians in Iraq safe: Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The 40 Indians abducted in Iraq are safe and are in a government building, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Thursday. "The 40 men are safe... When the situation normalises, we will try to get them released,"...
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The 40 Indians abducted in Iraq are safe and are in a government building, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Thursday.
"The 40 men are safe... When the situation normalises, we will try to get them released," she said after meeting a delegation of families of seven of the Indians. The minister didn't disclose their location.
The workers, employed by a Turkish construction firm, were kidnapped in Mosul, one of the cities taken over by Sunni insurgents.