Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj made the official announcement of the tragic death of 39 Indians in Mosul, Iraq on Tuesday before the two houses of Parliament and later to the media in a press conference.

Hours after the official information was released, kin of the deceased have alleged that the issue has been politicised by the government claiming that they have been knocking the doors of government for the past four years and no information was provided.

“We demand from government to provide us the DNA reports. It's being politicised. We had been running from pillar to post since 4 yrs & now we're being told via TV that we lost one of our own,” said Gurpinder Kaur, sister of one of the deceased Manjinder Singh told ANI.

Kamaljeet Kaur, the wife of a victim Roop Lal, spoke to the press holding a picture of her with her husband while her kids sit beside her during the interaction. She claimed that the government had taken DNA samples two months back.

“He had left for Iraq 7 years ago. We last talked to each other in 2015. They had taken DNA samples 2-3 months back. I don't know what to say,” said Kamaljeet Kaur.

Earlier in the day, Sushma Swaraj released the information about the tragic deaths saying the information is being released today after the government had collected concrete evidence to confirm the deaths.