ISIS militants KILLING Indian hostages who are unable to understand or speak Arabic

New Delhi: The Indians trapped in Iraq and unable to escape the horrors inflicted upon them by ISIS militants have much more to fear now. As per the sources the ISIS militants are toying with the Indian hostages, but the lives of these innocent Indian workers are at stake. Workers are randomly asked to give the meaning of Arabic words. The punishment for wrong answer is being made live target for militants' shooting practice. The other is being forced into performing humiliating tasks. The Punjabi men who were able to establish contact with their kin on phone from the city of Dujail, about 70 km northwest of Baghdad, narrated a horrific tale of a youth from Nawanshahar district in Punjab. He was pulled out of a bus near Dujail by the militants and asked to guess an Arabic word. When he failed, he was shot at. Although he survived, he had to be treated for bullet wounds. The incident, three days back, has left the workers terrified. The militants came across the workers while they were advancing towards Baghdad after capturing Mosul. They were later pushed back by government forces. Dujail is one of the four cities in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad, which the militants have been unable to capture although there has been fighting there. Besides shooting, the punishment included bathing the militants and washing their clothes and footwear. The militants also asked intimidating questions about their beliefs at gunpoint. "They checked our breath to know if we were sober," said another youth. The militants raided their temporary shelters to check for beer cans and whisky bottles. The trapped Punjabi youth recounted his horror and said, "They came to us asking about our religious beliefs and told us to support Sunnis in Iraq. They then took us into their bus and asked us to participate in their game. They would give us a few words to read in Arabic and ask if we could tell the meanings. Those who failed were punished. They insisted that the language and culture of Iraq must be respected if we were to work here."