Bhagwant Mann claims to have booked 70 tickets for Indians to return

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ANI Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jun 21 2014 | 5:40 PM IST

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann today said that that he has booked flight tickets for 70 Indians, who are stranded in Iraq.

Talking to the media here, he said that the Indian nationals asked him to pray for their safe passage to the plane. Mann said, "Till now he had received 4,000 calls from Indians in Iraq."

He also spoke to many Indian nationals during the press conference, jotting down their details.

He also spoke about many companies duping Indians on the pretext of giving them jobs but later selling them to other companies where they are currently working as slaves.

He also said that he had "written a letter to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj regarding the help that he can provide.

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First Published: Jun 21 2014 | 5:27 PM IST

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