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| 40 Indians Kidnapped From Mosul |
| 40 Indians Kidnapped From Mosul In Iraq
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| INDIA
, 18-June-2014
8:16:50 AM |
| The government has confirmed that 40 Indian construction workers in the Iraqi city of Mosul have been kidnapped.
"We have not received any calls of any nature from anyone who have indicated about ransom or any information that they have taken these people under their control," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin, adding the location of the kidnapped Indians is not known.
The missing workers are largely from Punjab and other parts of Northern India, he said.
The government says dozens of Indian workers are living in areas overrun by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and India is in contact with many of them, including 46 nurses. It has sent a senior envoy to Baghdad to support repatriation efforts.
The nurses are stranded in Tikrit, which is under militant control, with many of them holed up in the hospital where they work. Nurses who spoke to NDTV say they are unable to leave the hospital premises.
Humanitarian group the Red Crescent has contacted the nurses and confirmed that it is not safe for them to travel by road either to other hospitals or the nearest airport, said Mr Akbaruddin.
"A contingency planning unit in Delhi is looking at other options," he said, adding, "Several Indian nurses want to stay back."
ISIS fighters, who aim to establish a Muslim caliphate across the Iraqi-Syrian frontier, launched their revolt by seizing Mosul, and swept through the Tigris valley towards Baghdad
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