Parliament monsoon session: Sushma Swaraj says Govt has never misled anyone on missing 39 Indians in Mosul

Union minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said that the government has never misled anyone over missing 39 Indians in Mosul city of Iraq. She said she is not misleading the House. She questioned,"Were the Indians present in the Badush jail when the structure was demolished?" She said no marks of blood or bodies were recovered from the spot.

She said she already talked to six foreign ministers of Gulf countries on the issue. The union minister said," We had conducted search operations in the nearby locations of Mosul." Swaraj said that she will make comments with facts and vowed that her the government will continue its search operations. 

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#1:10 PM

I asked Iraq foreign minister to give evidence over 39 missing Indians: Sushma Swaraj

#1:09 PM

We will not close the file until we get any concrete evidence in the case: Sushma Swaraj

#1:08 PM

 It is not appropriate for me to declare them dead without any evidence: Sushma 

# 1:07 PM

It is a sin to declare a person dead without concrete evidence: Sushma Swaraj

#1:06 PM

We didn't get any evidence about the killing of missing Indians  in Mosul: Sushma Swaraj 

#1:05 PM

 I have never given any information sans evidence: Sushma Swaraj