MOHALI: Claiming to be the only hostage to have survived after being abducted along with 40 others by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on June 11, 2014, Harjit Masih on Thursday said that he his fellow workers were shot down in strife-torn Masul city of Iraq.Masih claimed, “The ISIS took away nearly 100 workers including Indians and Bangladeshis to an undisclosed location and after keeping us in a furnished accommodation for 4 days, the Indians were taken to another place in rough terrains.”“They opened fire and as every other Indian around fell died, I got lucky with a bullet only bruising my leg. A fellow Punjabi’s body sheltered me. I pretended to be dead and escaped after some time. However, on reaching a main road, the person who gave me lift took me back to my abductors the same night,” claimed Masih, who tried hard to prove his point amid intensive questioning.Masih said he joined a group of Bangladeshis to survive after escaping the ISIS. A resident of Gurdaspur district, Masih said he had no interest in telling a lie about the fate of the abducted Indians.AAP's Sangrur MP Bhagwant Mann alleged that the Centre had messed up in handling the entire issue. “Masih got in touch with me two days back and I called him over to tell the story,” he said.