Mangalore, July 13: The mortal remains of Muhammad, who was among the six Indians killed in a fire mishap occurred 11 days ago in Riyadh, the capital city of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has been brought home to his family in Padukere of Kota village in Kundapur taluk, of Udupi district.
A total of seven people had died in the tragedy that occurred in a residential room in the upper part of Al-Suvailin Supermarket in Bathha area of the capital in the wee hours of July 2.
Mohammad's elder brother Rahman said that the family members performed final rites overnight at the graveyard of Padukere Juma Masjid, as the body reached home at around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
A flight carrying the mortal remains of all six Indian victims of the fire mishap landed at Calicut International Airport on Tuesday evening. An ambulance brought the body of Muhammad home from Calicut.
Excluding Mohammad, five other Indian victims were Keralites.
Son of Late Abdullah alias Annunji Saheb and Late Khatheejabi couple, 46 year old 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.
Family sources of Muhammad expressed gratitude for the members of 'India Fraternity Forum' in Saudi Arabia for helping to dispatch the body as soon as possible.
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