Nitish to help kin of Indians killed in Mosul
March 22, 2018  09:28
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has condemned the killing of 39 Indians, six of whom were from his state, in Iraq's Mosul by the Islamic State. 

Describing the killings as "dastardly", he said that the entire state stood in solidarity with the family members of the six persons killed in Mosul.

In an official release, the chief minister assured that all help would be provided by the state government to the bereaved families.

On Tuesday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told Parliament that all 39 of the Indians kidnapped had been killed and buried in a mass grave. The revelation set off a row with the Opposition, which accused the Narendra Modi government at the Centre of being insensitive in not informing the victims' kin first. 

Swaraj's suo motu statement on the fate of the kidnapped Indian workers confirmed the worst fears of the kidnapped Indians' families after keeping alive hopes of their survival for four years.
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