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Harjit lied, says govt on man who claimed he saw 39 Indians killed
As the Union government confirmed that all 39 Indians missing in Iraq since 2014 had been killed by the ISIS, questions swirled around the story of Harjit Masih, the man who escaped from Mosul and claimed that he had seen the others massacred.
New Delhi: As the Union government confirmed that all 39 Indians missing in Iraq since 2014 had been killed by the ISIS, questions swirled around the story of Harjit Masih, the man who escaped from Mosul and claimed that he had seen the others massacred.
Harjit Masih and the 39 other construction workers were kidnapped on June 11, 2014, when they were trying to escape amid a massive IS siege on Mosul, Iraq's second largest city.
The 24-year-old Harjit returned to India and gave an account of what he claimed was the cold-blooded execution of his compatriots. But the government rejected his claim.
But on Tuesday, Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj stressed that it had been established Harjit Masih had lied. He had not survived a massacre, as he had claimed, but escaped with a group of Bangladeshi colleagues under the assumed name of "Ali" and was found by Indian officials at Erbil. "We asked how he reached Erbil, but he kept saying 'I don't know...just get me out,'" said the minister.
