Riyadh, July 2: Seven people including a man hailing from Kundapur taluk in Udupi district, were killed in a fire mishap early on Saturday morning at Riaydh, the capital city of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The tragedy occurred in a residential room in the upper part of Al-Suvailin Supermarket in Bathha area of the capital.
Muhammad Kota
The Kundapur based victim, who was working in the same Supermarket, has been identified as 44 year old Muhammad Kota. The deceased Keralites are Abdul Rahim from Thrissur, Sulaiman and Ahmed Kabir from Nilabur, Sajith, Mavelikkara and Ajith from Ernakulam. The seventh victim is Salahi Rajesh from Nepal.
It is gathered that only seven people were there inside the flat, when it was engulfed by the fire.
Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed confirmed Six Indians were among seven persons killed in a fire mishap. “Five of the victims were from Kerala. The other Indian victim in the fire, which broke out in the second floor of a building at Al Bathha area of Riyadh, hailed from Karnataka”, he said.
He said that the Indian Embassy in Riyadh has been instructed to make arrangements for bringing home the bodies of the six Indians as soon as possible.
"Our embassy in Riyadh has been asked to make arrangements for flying home the bodies of the victims at the expenses of the Indian Government," Mr. Ahamed said.
Expressing sorrow over the loss of human lives in the accident, he said the Saudi Government would be ordering a thorough inquiry to ascertain the cause of the fire.
A large number of Indian workers including Keralites and Mangaloreans stay in the building.
Family shell-shocked
The news of the tragic death of Muhammad has left his family members in Padukere of Kota village in Kundapur taluk, shell-shocked.
Son of Late Abdullah alias Annunji Saheb and Late Khatheejabi couple, Muhammad was working in Saudi Arabia for past eight years. He is survived by his wife Aishamma, son Junaid, a PUC student, daughter Yasmeen, a class-X student, six brothers, three sisters and a large number of relatives and friends.
More details are awaited.
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