Dammam, June 17: After a prolonged battle for life, a Mangalore based expatriate worker died from injuries he sustained in a road accident nearly two months ago in the city of Dammam in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Abdul Jabbar Kattapuni, hailing from Addoor village near Polali, nearly 20 kilo meters from Mangalore, was critically injured when a speeding vehicle knocked him down while he was on the way to Masjid on April, 4, 2012.
He was undergoing treatment at Dammam Central Hospital. However, after 55 days of treatment, he breathed his last in the wee hours of Friday, June 15, family sources said.
Abdul Jabbar had spent nearly 17 years in the oil rich nation as an expatriate worker. He had been working for Hayat Restaurant.
He was known person among the Mangalorean expat community in the Kingdom. A large number of Mangaloreans residing in Dammam and surrounding areas rushed to the hospital immediately after they heard the news.
Meanwhile, efforts are underway to secure the possession of the body for the last rites. He survived his wife, two sons and a daughter.
Consent and other required papers have been obtained from his wife to bury the deceased in Dammam. According to sources, the paper works and other formalities from Indian Embassy, Hospital and Police station are expedited with the coordination of IFF Dammam Community Welfare members.
Relatives, friends, and well-wishers in and around Dammam have expressed condolences to his death.
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