Abducted Indians safe in Iraq, we know where they are: Sushma

Abducted Indians safe in Iraq, we know where they are: Sushma
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The 40 Indians abducted in Iraq are safe and are in a government building, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: The 40 Indians abducted in Iraq are safe and are in a government building, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday.

"The 40 men are safe ... When the situation normalizes, we will try to get them released," she said after meeting a delegation of families of seven of the Indians. The minister didn't disclose their location.
The workers, employed by a Turkish construction firm, were kidnapped in Mosul, one of the cities taken over by Sunni insurgents.
A vehicle burned during clashes between Iraqi security forces and al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in the city of Baquba
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