Ascertaining facts about reported death of Indian in Iraq: Govt

India is ascertaining facts about the reported death of an Indian in Iraq even as it is making all efforts to secure release of 39 Indian construction workers who were in "captivity".

"I have checked with our mission about possibility of an Indian worker in Southern Iraq who may have succumbed to a heart attack... (but) they had not yet got confirmation from the concerned company. It is normal for a company to inform the mission and further action is taken," an external affairs ministry spokesperson said in New Delhi.

He was responding to reports of death of an Indian due to a heart attack in Najaf. Giving details of Indians who have sought help, the spokesperson said while 120 nationals have approached the Indian embassy, there are over 300 requests with the control room here for various types of assistance. As many as 40 Indians were abducted from Mosul and one of them had fled from captivity and had shared various details about the captors with the Indian authorities.