Body of Mysuru Native to Reach Hometown after His Death on March 25 in Saudi Arabia

Team Udayavani, Jun 15, 2017, 4:58 PM IST

Mysuru: Dead body of Mysuru Vidyaranyapuram based youth Shabbir (27) will be brought to his home town on Friday from Saudi Arabia nearly 80 days after his death. Saudi government earlier refused to send the dead body as the deceased died under suspicious circumstances despite requests from his members of family.

The youth was moved Saudi 9 months ago from Mysuru and was died on March 25 following unknown reason. The members of family of the deceased approached the Lok Sbaha MP Pratap Simha and MLA MK Somashekhar to take necessary steps on the issue to brought the body to India. Following the request from the family members, Pratap Simha wrote ministry of external affairs to discuss the matter with the Saudi government. 

After a long discussions, Saudi government decided to send the body to India on Thursday. After some legal formalities the body is expected to reach Mysuru on Friday.