Process of identifying Bihar resident's body who died in Kuwait fire still on, says Owaisi
Jun 14, 2024
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 14 : Amid the backdrop of several Indians being killed in a fire incident at a labour accommodation in Kuwait's Mangaf on Wednesday, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi shared that a resident from Bihar's Darbhanga passed away in the incident and the process of identifying his remains is still on.
"Kalu Kha from Darbhanga Bihar was working in Kuwait passed away in the tragic fire accident in the NBTC building. I have spoken to Mr. Rajpal Tyagi, who is working closely with @indembkwt. He's informed me that they are still in the process of identifying the victims' remains. Hope the govt takes necessary urgent steps to assist the deceased's family," Owaisi said in the post on 'X' on Friday.
This post comes as Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh thanked the authorities in Kuwait for expediting the repatriation of the bodies of Indians killed in the fire tragedy in the Gulf nation on June 12.
The Kuwait Embassy in India expressed condolences on the death of 45 Indian nationals in the tragic fire incident in the Gulf country and wished a speedy recovery to the injured getting treatment.
At least 45 Indians were killed in the fire incident at a labour accommodation in Kuwait's Mangaf on June 12. Thirty-one bodies of victims- 23 from Kerala, seven from Tamil Nadu and one from Karnataka--were brought via a special aircraft of the Indian Air Force to Kochi in Kerala on Friday.
The special IAF aircraft landed at around 10.30 am at Cochin International Airport on Friday. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, Union Minister Suresh Gopi, and several other state ministers and leaders paid floral tributes to the bodies of the victims.
The incident has sent shockwaves through communities both in Kuwait and India.