“External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that ‘all efforts are underway to rescue the 40 Indians kidnapped in Iraq.’
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SUSHMA SAYS EFFORTS ON FOR RESCUE OF KIDNAPPED INDIANS
Sushma Swaraj said she was personally supervising the efforts. The government has confirmed that 40 Indian workers employed with a construction company, mostly belonging to Punjab, have been kidnapped near the seized town of Mosul in Iraq.
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After meeting Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Sushma Swaraj said India was in touch with every organisation possible to bring back Indians stranded in Iraq.
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There is no information yet on the identity of the abductors, who have so far made no demands for the release of the Indians.
The Indians, employees of Baghdad-based Tariq Noor al-Huda company, are among scores of foreign workers abducted over the past few days as Sunni rebel forces have overrun several towns and the large cities of Tikrit and Mosul.
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While there are over 10,000 Indian nationals in Iraq, government officials said that around 100 are in a precarious situation due to the fighting. The Indian government is in touch with everyone in the combat zone, other than the kidnapped workers.
