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Dozens of Indian pilgrims are feared useless after a bus was in collision with a diesel tanker on Monday close to the holy metropolis of Medina in Saudi Arabia, Indian officers mentioned.
The bus, with 46 folks onboard, was travelling from Mecca to Medina when the incident occurred on a freeway, mentioned Gaurav Uppal, a senior official of Telangana state, advised The Related Press.
“Round 45 folks from Telangana are feared useless within the accident, whereas one individual is injured,” mentioned Uppal, who relies out of New Delhi and is concerned with co-ordinating rescue efforts with Indian authorities in Saudi.
Family members of the victims gathered outdoors the workplace of the Fly Zone journey company in Hyderabad, Telangana’s state capital, in search of details about their members of the family.
Mohammed Tehseen mentioned seven members of his household have been on the bus, and all however one had died. The injured survivor had “referred to as after the accident to tell us concerning the tragedy,” he mentioned.
Saudi officers didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
India PM Modi expresses condolences
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Overseas Minister S. Jaishankar and Telangana’s highest-elected official, Revanth Reddy, supplied condolences to the bereaved households.
In a submit on X, Jaishankar mentioned the Indian Embassy in Riyadh and the consulate in Jeddah have been providing help to the kin of the victims.
Vishwanath Channappa Sajjanar, the police chief of Hyderabad, mentioned preliminary reviews recommend that a minimum of 18 of the deceased have been from the town. He mentioned a lot of the victims have been from two households, and recognized the injured passenger as Mohammed Shoaib.
“I spoke to the Consul Basic of India and received the main points,” Sajjanar advised a information convention. “There have been 46 folks within the bus and one passenger survived with accidents.”
Police have been involved with the journey company by way of which the pilgrims had travelled to Saudi Arabia, Sajjanar mentioned.
