The Indian Embassy in Doha said that the remains of 8 Indian citizens who died in the Ras Laffan accident were returned to India on June 26.
The remains of eight Indian citizens who died in the Ras Laffan accident were returned to India on June 26, the Indian Embassy in Doha said on Saturday.
Four of the 12 remains were repatriated on June 25.
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The embassy said in a post on the Embassy, Qatari authorities and representatives of employer companies.”
Earlier on June 25, the remains of 4 out of 12 Indian nationals who died in the Ras Laffan accident were returned to India, the Indian Embassy in Qatar said.
The embassy said it had informed the families and authorities about the matter.
The embassy said in a post on the
Highlighting the close bilateral ties between New Delhi and Doha, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Wednesday provided details of key diplomatic outreach in the wake of the major industrial tragedy in the Gulf country.
Jaiswal confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a phone call from the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in which he expressed his deep sorrow over the loss of 12 Indian people in a devastating accident in the Ras Laffan Industrial City on Sunday evening.
