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Narendra Modi announces ex-gratia compensation of Rs 10 lakh for kin of those killed in Iraq

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of the kin of 39 Indians who were killed in Iraq, official sources said.

|Apr 03, 2018, 16:42:39 IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh each to the next of the kin of 39 Indians who were killed in Iraq, official sources said.[caption id="attachment_4416713" align="alignleft" width="380"]

File image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reuters[/caption]The mortal remains of 38 of the 39 Indians killed in war-torn Iraq were brought back to the country on Monday in a special aircraft and handed over to their relatives.Thirty-nine of the 40 Indian labourers were killed by terror group Islamic State, while one of them managed to escape posing as a Muslim from Bangladesh.Out of the 39 killed, 27 hailed from Punjab, four from Himachal Pradesh, six from Bihar and two from West Bengal.

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