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The family had been returning from their Umrah pilgrimage and were expected to reach home on Saturday
Naseeruddin and 18 family members lost their lives in a bus fire accident in Saudi Arabia. (PTI photo)
Eighteen members of a single Hyderabad family, spanning three generations, were among 45 Indian pilgrims killed in a tragic bus accident near Medina in Saudi Arabia on Monday.
Nine of the deceased were children. The family had been returning from their Umrah pilgrimage and were expected to reach home on Saturday.
The family members who died in the accident were identified as Naseeruddin (70), his wife Akhter Begum (62), their son Salauddin (42), daughters Amina (44), Rizwana (38), and Shabana (40), along with their children.
One of the relatives of the family has urged the government to carry out a full inquiry into the travel agency involved in the incident.
Speaking to PTI, he said, “In the accident, Sheikh Naseeruddin sahab who was my uncle and his son Sheikh Salauddin sahab and in total, 18 members of the family lost their lives. We request that the government there must conduct a full inquiry. We do not know what exactly happened or what kind of incident it was. There must also be an inquiry into the travel agency involved, and strict punishment should be given.”
VIDEO | Hyderabad: Eighteen members of one family among the 42 Indian pilgrims killed in a road accident near Medina in Saudi Arabia.A relative of this family says, “In the accident, Sheikh Naseeruddin sahab who was my uncle and his son Sheikh Salauddin sahab and in total, 18… pic.twitter.com/9OFCQP7asf
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The accident took place when a bus carrying 46 passengers collided with an oil tanker while travelling from Mecca to Medina. Only one passenger survived. Authorities described it as one of the deadliest road accidents involving Indian pilgrims in recent years in the Gulf region.
VC Sajjanar, Hyderabad police commissioner, said, “The tragic bus accident involving Indian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia is deeply distressing. According to preliminary information, 46 people were travelling in the bus at the time of the incident, and heartbreakingly, only one person survived.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy offered condolences to the families.
In a post on X, Jaishankar said that the Indian embassy in Riyadh and the consulate in Jeddah were providing support to the relatives of the victims.
(With inputs from agencies)
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