Kerala Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy in a fax message to Union Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, has asked the Centre to take steps to bring the trapped Indian citizens back home.
Talking to reporters here, Chandy said 44 nurses were in Tikrit as per information received from the parents of those who were stranded in these cities.
"Government has also received information that many students from Kerala were among those stuck in Iraq", he added.