MEA’S QUEST FOR MISSING MEN IN MOSUL

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj’s account of how bodies of 39 Indians were found in Iraq:

near are Iraqi buried search Badush, by operations the where Islamic residents lead State to a say mound bodies

establish A deep penetration that the mound radar is is a used mass to grave

The bodies are exhumed. DNA samples from relatives of the missing men from across four Indian states are sent to Iraq

DNA tests return confirmed matches for 38 of the missing men. There is a 70% match for the 39th Indian

ID cards, long hair, kada and non-Iraqi footwear help in identification process

A plane carrying the mortal remains of the 39 Indians will first go to Amritsar, then to Patna and Kolkata

SAMEER SEHGAL/HT Ranjit Kaur (R) mourning the death of her son Jatinder Singh, who was killed in Iraq, at Silaka village near Amritsar on Tuesday.