Masih, who had managed to flee from captivity of the ISIS, claimed all the 39 Indians had been killed. By PTI | Posted 1 hourNew Delhi: The 39 Indians, kidnapped by the dreaded ISIS in Iraq in June 2014, are still alive, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, dismissing reports about their killing and insisting that efforts to trace them are on. Replying to a question on the 39 Indians kidnapped around two years back by ISIS militants from Mosul town, Swaraj said she did not have "any proof of their killing than the statement of Harjit Masih." Swaraj questioned Masih's claim saying two heads of states in the Gulf region told her, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee that the Indians were alive. When asked about the death threat to a priest of the Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka, Swaraj said, "It is very unfortunate.

Source: Mid-Day June 19, 2016 16:07 UTC