Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday announced ex-gratia of Rs 500,000 for the next kin of the 27 Indians belonging from Punjab, who was killed in Iraq's Mosul.
The mortal remains of 38 Indians, out of 39, killed the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq arrived at the Amritsar International Airport on Monday, officials confirmed.
A special aircraft landed at Amritsar from Baghdad around 2.30 pm, according to the report.
Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh left for Mosul earlier to bring back the bodies of the deceased Indians. Singh informed that the mortal remains of only 38 Indians would be brought back to the country because one case remained pending. MoS Singh also said that the Centre would hand over the coffins of the deceased to their kin, with evidence -- so that their relatives had no doubts.
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