New Delhi: External Affairs Minister #Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that government has not given up hope on the Indians missing in Iraq. She also said that the reports of them having been killed are not confirmed.
Around 40 Indian men continue to be missing in Iraq after they were abducted by the Islamic State (#ISIS).
Union Minister said one of the captives, #Harjeet Bassi who managed to escape, had claimed that all others were taken to a forest and shot.
Swaraj in Rajya Sabha said, “There are contradictions in the story Bassi told… It is logical not to accept the statement. We have got six sources which said they have not been killed.”
Without disclosing the content of the letter, she said, “We have got not just oral but written messages that say they are alive.”
She also said that two officers well-versed in Arabic have been appointed for this in Iraq.
She said, “For the sake of hope, we have to keep the search on.”
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