Srinagar, Nov 10 : The mortal remains of the Kashmiri student, who died in Bangladesh during his MBBS course, reached J&K's Srinagar city on Tuesday.
Srinagar, Nov 10 (IANS) The mortal remains of the Kashmiri student, who died in Bangladesh during his MBBS course, reached J&K’s Srinagar city on Tuesday.
Officials said the mortal remains of Kashmiri MBBS student Adnan Altaf Rathar, who died in Bangladesh on November 4, reached Srinagar Airport.
Officials said the mortal remains arrived at Srinagar Airport this morning and are being taken to his native village in the Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district for last rites.
An ambulance was arranged at the airport for the onward transportation of the mortal remains to Sopore.
Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) said Adnan’s last rites are scheduled to be performed on Tuesday.
The association also expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his Advisor Nasir Sogami for their timely intervention and for ensuring necessary arrangements, including an ambulance and logistical support, to facilitate the transportation of the mortal remains from Srinagar Airport to the family’s native place.
Adnan, a resident of Sopore, was pursuing MBBS in Bangladesh, where he died on November 4. His mortal remains were brought to New Delhi on Monday evening and flown to Srinagar on Tuesday morning.
He was studying medicine in Eastern Medical College in Cumilla, Bangladesh, where he was enrolled in the institution’s 14th batch for the 2017â€"18 academic session. He was reportedly in the final semester of his medical course.
Adnan had gone missing from his college premises on the night of November 2. His body was recovered on November 4 from a pond in Monipur village in the Burichang upazila of Cumilla district, Bangladesh.
Kashmiri MBBS students studying in Bangladesh had offered Namaz-e-Janaza in his absence and prayed for his departed soul.
His death has plunged his native village into mourning, with a large number of people gathering to pay their last respects.
