17 - Sep - 2020

39 Indian labourers killed in Iraq by IS -- Parliament told.

The External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj informed the Rajya Sabha yesterday that, the 39 Indian labourers abducted by the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq four years ago, were all killed. She told that, the DNA test had confirmed their identities. All these 39 labourers belong to poor families. BSNLEU expresses it’s heartfelt condolences to the families of the labourers and demands that the Government of India should give relief to them.