Malaysia Accident: Dead Indians to Be Brought Home


New Delhi, March 6 (IANS): The bodies of two Indians, who were killed in a bus accident in Malaysia, will be flown to India, the external affairs ministry said here Tuesday.

The two Indian nationals, who died when a tourist bus overturned in western Malaysia Monday, have been identified as Rajendra Kumar Agarwal and Anita Aggarwal.

"Mission officials are in touch with their family members and have offered full assistance in repatriation of their mortal remains," the ministry said in a statement.

Senior officials from the High Commission have been deployed in hospitals to ensure that the injured Indian nationals are given assistance.

In Selayang Hospital I.K. Aggarwal and S.K. Gupta are admitted in ICCU and are said to be in critical yet stable condition, the ministry said.

The remaining seven patients - Archana Gupta, Leelavathyamma, Kali Bhardwaj Sharma, Rita Sharma, Pankaj Sharma, Gagandeep Singh and Ajit Lal - are in stable condition but are confined to bed with injuries.

As many as 22 Indians were injured in the accident.

According to the Malaysian police, the bus carrying the tourists was on its way to Kuala Lumpur from Genting Highlands resort, when the driver lost control on a hilly road. The vehicle hit a highway divider and overturned, killing two Indians and injuring 22 others.

The Indian high commission in Kuala Lumpur has established a helpline for the relatives of the patients.

  

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