The Iraqi government has identified the location of 40 Indians abducted near the besieged city of Mosul, India’s foreign office has said.
The picture is, however, hazy on the identity of the kidnappers, with no clarity yet on whether Indians are being held by the Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has launched a concerted strike against the Nour al-Maliki government.
“The Iraqi foreign ministry has told us they have been able to determine where the Indians are held captive,” Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson of India’s external affairs ministry, said in New Delhi. He added that the workers of other nationalities were also held captive.
“There is no safety in captivity. Safety is in places where people are welcome. As regards their location, we have an understanding but given that the matter is underway, we won’t be able to share the location or what the Iraqis have shared,” he said.
Many of kidnapped Indians are from Punjab, better known as the breadbasket of India. They were working the Baghdad-based construction company Tariq Noor al-Huda. No ransom call has been made so far.
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