BAGHDAD: The mortal remains of the 39 Indians killed by ISIS in Iraq’sMosul were on Sunday handed over to Indian authorities in Baghdad. Theremains will be flown back to India on Monday.
Indian Ambassador Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit said that the bodies had beentaken to Baghdad International Airport and would be flown back on amilitary flight, arriving in India on Monday.
Minister of State for External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh, who has flown toIraq, saluted the remains at the airport as workers loaded the caskets onthe aircraft. Singh condemned terrorism and expressed his government’sstance in fighting it.
“We are against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” he toldreporters, describing IS as “very cruel terrorist organization and ourpeople have fallen to their bullets.