Mumbai: A group of 49 pilgrims from Mumbai have been stranded in Iraq since Monday due to the closure of Pakistan airspace following air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan. They have demanded that Air India, the government carrier, make immediate arrangements to enable them to reach Mumbai at the earliest.
Shoeb Shaikh, who has been stuck in Najaf, Iraq, told The Asian Age, “Our group of 49 people had come to Iraq for a pilgrimage and we were supposed to return to Mumbai by the Najaf-Delhi-Mumbai Air India flight at 6 pm on March 4. However, when we reached the Al Najaf International Airport, we were kept waiting by Air India for hours before being finally told that the flight has been cancelled.”
