Fellow students offer funeral prayers in absentia in Bangladesh
Rehan Qayoom Mir
Srinagar, Nov 09
The mortal remains of Kashmiri MBBS student Adnan Altaf Rathar reached New Delhi on Monday evening, days after his death in Bangladesh and are scheduled to be flown to Srinagar City by the first morning flight on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Kashmiri students in Bangladesh offered funeral prayers in absentia for their fellow student ahead of the repatriation of his mortal remains.
According to the details available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) Adnan, a resident of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, was pursuing MBBS in Bangladesh where he died on November 4. His death left his family and fellow Kashmiri students in shock, following which student organizations and the Jammu and Kashmir administration took up the issue of facilitating the repatriation of his mortal remains with the Centre.
The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Monday said the mortal remains were brought to New Delhi aboard an Air India flight, which landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport this evening.
The association said it was coordinating with the Chief Minister’s Advisor regarding the onward transportation of the mortal remains from Delhi to Srinagar. It added that an ambulance and other necessary arrangements had been made at Srinagar Airport to take the body to the family’s native place in Sopore.
Dr Mohammad Momin Khan, President of the Federation of Indian Medical Associations (FIMAA), confirmed to KNO that the mortal remains have landed in Delhi and were being kept at Jammu and Kashmir House.
Pertinently, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had earlier directed the Jammu and Kashmir Resident Commissioner in New Delhi to make arrangements to receive the mortal remains and facilitate their return to Srinagar—(KNO)