8 years ago
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief over the death of 39 Indians in Iraq and said that the government stands in solidarity with the bereaved families. Sushma Swaraj had earlier in the day made a statement in Rajya Sabha declaring that the 39 Indians kidnapped in Iraq by ISIS were confirmed to be dead. Protests by opposition members halted her while she tried to make the statement in Lok Sabha later on. Sushma Swaraj said that through the use of deep penetration radar, India found a mass grave where 39 bodies were found. She said that the DNA of 38 bodies matched while one body showed a 70 per cent match.
