DNA samples from family members of missing Indians in Iraq

The Government has asked families of the, 39 Indians who went missing in Iraq's Mosul in June 2014, to provide their DNA samples but didn't mention the reason for collecting samples.

On Saturday, some of the families from Amritsar district were asked to come to the Government Medical College in Amritsar to give DNA samples. However, the samples were not taken on Saturday.

"We were told to come to the Government Medical College and provide DNA samples, We have no idea why this is being done. We have not been told anything. We got a message from the SDM office regarding this," Sarwan Singh, whose brother is among the 39 missing Indians, said.

The families have been asked to come back on Monday to provide the DNA samples.

"No one from the administration is telling us why the DNA samples are being collected," a woman relative of one of the missing men said.

The Iraq's Mosul town was overrun by Islamic State three years ago and 39 Indians went missing from that point of time. The Iraq's Mosul got freed in July but no news of missing Indians was found.