Panic-stricken family members of six men, who were abducted in Iraq have appealed to the Centre for help in securing their early return.

A resident of Majitha village, Gurpinder Kaur said that her brother Manjinder Singh was lured by a travel agent who first sent him to Dubai but later put him in Iraq, where he has now got stuck.

Manjinder was among the youths from Punjab working with one of the Iraqi companies which were closed down after the area was captured by militants.

Kaur said that her brother had called her two days back and said that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants were taking care of them and wanted to help them leave Iraq.

She said she was in touch with the Indian embassy in Baghdad and had also sent a request to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj seeking assistance in the matter from the government. But she added that the Ministry of External Affairs was yet to provide any information about the Punjabi youths stranded in Iraq. However, the Union Government had told them that it has sent officials to Iraq for negotiations.