<p>India said Wednesday that 40 Indians working for a Turkish construction company have been abducted from violence-hit Iraq.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The external affairs ministry did not say who had seized the workers although earlier media reports blamed it on the Sunni insurgents who have seized key cities in Iraq.<br /><br />A ministry spokesman said the workers mostly belonged to the country's northern states such as Punjab and worked for Tariq Noor al Huda company.<br /><br />He said no ransom call had been received and the Iraq Red Crescent had "indicated to us that they were kidnapped". He said their current location was not known.<br /></p>
<p>India said Wednesday that 40 Indians working for a Turkish construction company have been abducted from violence-hit Iraq.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The external affairs ministry did not say who had seized the workers although earlier media reports blamed it on the Sunni insurgents who have seized key cities in Iraq.<br /><br />A ministry spokesman said the workers mostly belonged to the country's northern states such as Punjab and worked for Tariq Noor al Huda company.<br /><br />He said no ransom call had been received and the Iraq Red Crescent had "indicated to us that they were kidnapped". He said their current location was not known.<br /></p>