Double whammy for Indian family

New Delhi, Aug 11 (UNI) Death and indignity came together for an Indian family who lost their son in an accident in Tehran.

Subodh Kumar Tiwari, employed with Ali Hamid Siddiqui Shipping Company, Khor, Dubai, was killed in an accident on July 21 at Kharkland Port in Iran.

The External Affairs Ministry was informed by a relative of the deceased about the fatal mishap.

The Ministry advised the Indian Embassy in Tehran to contact the shipping company and ask them to arrange to have the body sent to India.

The shipping company arranged for the body to be flown back to India by Iran Air flight no. 810 to Mumbai and onward to Delhi by Indian Airlines Flight reaching on August 8. The family members in India were informed of this.

However, when the body was brought here at 2000 hrs, the family was flabbergasted to learn that the body sent was not that of Subodh but of an unidentified woman.

''Our Embassy in Tehran has been requested to take up the matter strongly with the shipping company and ask it to arrange to send the body of Subodh Kumar Tiwari immediately and also to send the body of the unidentified woman back to Iran,'' an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said today.

He said the Indian embassy had informed that Subodh's body had been located and arrangements were being made to send it to India.

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