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PM Modi announces ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of kin of Mosul victims

PM Modi announces ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of kin of Mosul victims

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 03 Apr 2018, 03:22 pm

New Delhi, Apr 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs. 10 lakh each to the next of the kin of those who were killed in Mosul, Iraq.

The announcement was made through an official press release from the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.

The mortal remains of 38 Indians, killed in Iraq, arrived at the Amritsar International Airport on Monday, in a special aircraft.

Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh went to Mosul to bring back the bodies of 38 Indians.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj informed the Parliament last month that  39 Indians, who had gone missing in Iraqi town Mosul in 2014, have been killed in captivity by ISIS terrorists.

She informed that  27 of those killed were from Punjab, four  from Himachal Pradesh, six from Bihar and two  from West Bengal.

Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday announced ex-gratia of Rs 500,000 for the next kin of the 27 people from Punjab.


Image: Patna Airport/Twitter

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