
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh will visit Iraq on April 1 to bring back mortal remains of 39 Indians, who were killed by ISIS in Mosul, Iraq.
On March 20, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had informed the Parliamentabout the death of the 39 Indians in Mosul.
The 39 Indians were allegedlyabducted by ISIS in Mosul.
Of the 39 bodies, 27 were from Punjab and 4 belonged to Himachal, 6 from Bihar and 1 from West Bengal.
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh, had earlier in 2015 evacuated over thousands of Indians from Yemen.