India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj (AP Photo) India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj (AP Photo)DAYS after The Indian Express published The Waiting, a series on the families of 39 Indians abducted in Iraq by the Islamic State in 2014, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said she had been informed by two heads of state in the region that the missing workers were alive. According to Harjeet Masih, all were killed on June 15, then how can one speak on June 21?” said Swaraj. Rejecting the testimony of Harjeet Masih, who has claimed that he was the only survivor from that group of missing Indians, Swaraj said, “We have been informed that they are alive, except for Harjeet Masih’s statement. At least two leaders from Palestine and Jordan had conveyed to the Indian leadership that the missing workers were alive, sources said. So, it will be unjust on my part to say that the Indians held in Iraq are dead,” she said.

Source: Indian Express June 19, 2016 23:37 UTC