Around 1000 Indians are trapped in the city of Basra in Iraq, while 40 other Indians have been kidnapped near the country's Mosul city. A militant group named ISIS has taken over two cities in the war-torn country and is marching towards its capital, Baghdad.

The family members of the Punjabi youth stranded in Iraq on Wednesday received a call from Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj assuring her help in rescuing them.

Gurpinder Kaur, whose brother Maninder Singh is amongst those stranded in Iraq, told that Sushma assured help and told her that she has been monitoring the situation herself.

Families of Indians abducted in Iraq leave for Delhi to meet MEA officials


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