New Delhi: Union Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh will today bring back the bodies of the 39 Indians, killed in the war-torn country, officials said. 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. Of the Indian citizens killed by the terrorist organisation, 27 belonged to Punjab while four hailed from Himachal Pradesh. Families of some of these victims had met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi on March 26.

According to the schedule, Mr Singh will reach Amritsar followed by Patna and Kolkata to hand over bodies to the relatives, officials said.
 

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