<p>The<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/government-did-not-keep-anyone-in-the-dark-over-the-deaths-of-39-indians-in-mosul-sushma-swaraj-36505"> 39 kidnapped Indians,</a> who had gone missing in Iraq since 2014, are dead, external affairs minister<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/39-indians-missing-in-iraq-dead-sushma-swaraj-36459"> Sushma Swaraj </a>told the Rajya Sabha today. Swaraj said that the Islamic State (IS) had killed all the Indian nationals.</p>

<p>After informing&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/no-information-was-given-to-us-sister-of-indian-killed-in-iraq-36478">Parliament</a><a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/politics-over-deaths-shameful-sushma-swaraj-on-indians-killed-in-mosul-36498">&nbsp;on the deaths of 39 Indians in Mosu</a><a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/no-information-was-given-to-us-sister-of-indian-killed-in-iraq-36478">l, Iraq</a>, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj told reporters that the bodies of Indians weren&#39;t found in mass graves but in a mound in Badush.</p>

<p>PM Modi condemned the incident and recently tweeted: &quot;MEA and particularly my colleagues Sushma Swaraj Ji and VK Singh Ji left no stone unturned in trying to trace and safely bring back those we lost in Mosul. Our Government remains fully committed towards ensuring the safety of our sisters and brothers overseas.&quot;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The MEA and particularly my colleagues <a href="https://twitter.com/SushmaSwaraj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SushmaSwaraj</a> Ji and <a href="https://twitter.com/Gen_VKSingh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Gen_VKSingh</a> Ji left no stone unturned in trying to trace and safely bring back those we lost in Mosul.<br />
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<p>Moreover,&nbsp;Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh wrote to Sushma Swaraj expressing his shock on the deaths of 39 Indians and has requested for financial assistance for families of the kin, informaing&nbsp;that 24 of those deceased were from Punjab and that Rs 20,000 were already being provided to the families by the government.</p>

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<p>The sister of Manjinder Singh, who was among the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/39-indians-missing-in-iraq-dead-sushma-swaraj-36459">39 Indians killed by the Islamic State</a>&nbsp;in Iraq, demanded the DNA reports of those killed, saying that the matter has been politicised, adding that the families should be been immediately contacted with the information.</p>

<p>Further, she criticised Swaraj and said that all she cared about was her reputation&nbsp;and had no ounce of sorrow over the loss of lives.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We demand from govt to provide us DNA reports. It&#39;s being politicised. We had been running from pillar to post since 4 yrs &amp; now we&#39;re being told via TV that we lost one of our own: Gurpinder Kaur,sister of Manjinder Singh who was among 39 Indians killed in Iraq&#39;s Mosul <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Amritsar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Amritsar</a> <a href="https://t.co/hWMp49ROSL">pic.twitter.com/hWMp49ROSL</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yes, she was supposed to announce this in Parliament first but he was part of our family. All she cared about was her reputation. She used to say they&#39;re like her children, if that&#39;s the case where&#39;s her sorrow?: Gurpinder,sister of Manjinder Singh who was among 39 Indians killed <a href="https://t.co/VGZyj9HvGY">pic.twitter.com/VGZyj9HvGY</a></p>
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<p>Kaur accused her of lying about the status of her brother and said: &quot;Why did she keep saying they&#39;re alive &amp; she&#39;ll bring them back? She could&#39;ve said she&#39;ll bring them back only if they&#39;re alive. I want to see DNA reports. We&#39;ll get answers only after meeting her&quot;.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We should have been contacted as soon as they received the information. Had that been done it would not have been such a huge blow. We feel betrayed from all sides: Gurpinder Kaur, sister of Manjinder Singh who was among 39 Indians killed</p>
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<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;Kamaljeet Kaur, wife of Roop Lal, who was among 39 Indians killed in Iraq&#39;s Mosul, also expressed her distress over the news and said: &quot;He had left for Iraq 7 years ago. We last talked to each other in 2015. They had taken DNA samples 2-3 months back. I don&#39;t know what to say.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

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After informing Parliament on the deaths of 39 Indians in Mosul, Iraq, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj told reporters that the bodies of Indians weren't found in mass graves but in a mound in Badush

The 39 kidnapped Indians, who had gone missing in Iraq since 2014, are dead, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj told the Rajya Sabha today. Swaraj said that the Islamic State (IS) had killed all the Indian nationals. After informing Parliament on the deaths of 39 Indians in Mosul, Iraq, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj told reporters that the bodies of Indians weren't found in mass graves but in a mound in Badush. PM Modi condemned the incident and recently tweeted: "MEA and particularly my colleagues Sushma Swaraj Ji and VK Singh Ji left no stone unturned in trying to trace and safely bring back those we lost in Mosul. Our Government remains fully committed towards ensuring the safety of our sisters and brothers overseas." The MEA and particularly my colleagues @SushmaSwaraj Ji and @Gen_VKSingh Ji left no stone unturned in trying to trace and safely bring back those we lost in Mosul. Our Government remains fully committed towards ensuring the safety of our sisters and brothers overseas. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 20, 2018 × Moreover, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh wrote to Sushma Swaraj expressing his shock on the deaths of 39 Indians and has requested for financial assistance for families of the kin, informaing that 24 of those deceased were from Punjab and that Rs 20,000 were already being provided to the families by the government. Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh writes to EAM Sushma Swaraj expressing shock on the deaths of 39 Indians in Iraq, requests for financial assistance for families of the kin pic.twitter.com/u2Y2A9X9a8 — ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2018 × The sister of Manjinder Singh, who was among the 39 Indians killed by the Islamic State in Iraq, demanded the DNA reports of those killed, saying that the matter has been politicised, adding that the families should be been immediately contacted with the information. Further, she criticised Swaraj and said that all she cared about was her reputation and had no ounce of sorrow over the loss of lives. We demand from govt to provide us DNA reports. It's being politicised. We had been running from pillar to post since 4 yrs & now we're being told via TV that we lost one of our own: Gurpinder Kaur,sister of Manjinder Singh who was among 39 Indians killed in Iraq's Mosul #Amritsar pic.twitter.com/hWMp49ROSL — ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2018 × Yes, she was supposed to announce this in Parliament first but he was part of our family. All she cared about was her reputation. She used to say they're like her children, if that's the case where's her sorrow?: Gurpinder,sister of Manjinder Singh who was among 39 Indians killed pic.twitter.com/VGZyj9HvGY — ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2018 × Kaur accused her of lying about the status of her brother and said: "Why did she keep saying they're alive & she'll bring them back? She could've said she'll bring them back only if they're alive. I want to see DNA reports. We'll get answers only after meeting her". We should have been contacted as soon as they received the information. Had that been done it would not have been such a huge blow. We feel betrayed from all sides: Gurpinder Kaur, sister of Manjinder Singh who was among 39 Indians killed — ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2018 × Meanwhile, Kamaljeet Kaur, wife of Roop Lal, who was among 39 Indians killed in Iraq's Mosul, also expressed her distress over the news and said: "He had left for Iraq 7 years ago. We last talked to each other in 2015. They had taken DNA samples 2-3 months back. I don't know what to say." He had left for Iraq 7 years ago. We last talked to each other in 2015. They had taken DNA samples 2-3 months back. I don't know what to say: Kamaljeet Kaur, wife of Roop Lal who was among 39 Indians killed in Iraq's Mosul (Nakodar, #Punjab) pic.twitter.com/8gDgC76mpX — ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2018 ×

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'We demand govt to provide DNA reports' families of 39 killed in Iraq express angst