New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (NT): The mortal remains of 38 out of 39 Indians, who were killed in Iraq, are due to arrive in India by late Monday.

Minister of State for External Affairs V. K. Singh, who left for Mosul on Sunday, has informed that one man’s mortal remains would not be brought as his case was still in anticipation of.

On returning, Singh will pass through to Amritsar and Patna to hand over the mortal remains to the respective families of the sufferers.

On March 20, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj informed the Rajya Sabha members in the Parliament that the 39 Indian nationals, who went missing in Mosul in 2014, were killed by the terror outfit Islamic State (IS).

Later, he will take the air flight to Kolkata and Patna.

Of the 39 people killed, 27 were from Punjab, four from Himachal, two from West Bengal and the remaining from Bihar as DD news reported..

The 39 persons, most of whom hailed from Punjab, were working on projects near Mosul when they got kidnapped. (NT)