Capt seeks status report on Punjabis abducted by ISIS
Wednesday, 26/11/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141126/punjab.htm#6
Amritsar : Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Capt Amarinder Singh today expressed concern over the safety of 40 Indians being held captive by Islamic militants in Iraq. He sought a status report on these youths so that their families were not “kept in the dark.”
In a statement, Amarinder Singh criticised Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for failing to honour his promise to pay a monthly compensation of Rs 20,000 to each of the affected families. He alleged that the compensation was paid for only a month. “Their relatives have told me that government officials, both in Punjab and at the Centre, have stopped taking their calls,” he said.
The Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha said it was five months since these youths had been kidnapped and nothing was known about them. “They were kidnapped on June 11 while they were working for a construction company in Mosul, Iraq, when it fell to the ISIS.” Amarinder Singh said he would raise the matter in Parliament.
“It is the duty of the Government of India to keep the relatives updated about their wellbeing,” he said. Criticising Badal, he said: “The Chief Minister’s efforts have been restricted to getting himself photographed with the hostages’ relatives.”
