Dubai: In an tragic twist of fate, the body of one of the two Indian students, who were killed in a car crash in Dubai after the friends’ reunion, was repatriated on a flight he was booked to fly home alive.
Sharat Kumar, 21, and Rohit Krishnakumar, 19, who were studying in universities in the United States and United Kingdom, respectively, met with the tragic end while Sharat was dropping Rohit home after meeting a few other Dubai-based friends on Christmas Eve.
Friends and relatives bid a tearful adieu to the youngsters at the embalming unit of the Medical Fitness Centre in Muhaisnah yesterday evening.
At the time of going to press, their mortal remains were taken to Dubai International Airport for repatriation to the south Indian state of Kerala, where their cremation will be held today.
Sharat’s body was to be flown on an Emirates flight at 9.40pm yesterday to Thiruvananthapuram, while Rohit’s body was scheduled to be repatriated on another Emirates flight to Kochi at 2.30am today.
Dozens of friends and relatives were accompanying the two grieving families.
A family friend told Gulf News that Sharat was supposed to be on the same flight along with his mother and grandmother. “They had booked the tickets on the same flight to Kerala and join his father there. It is heartbreaking that we are sending off his body on the same flight.”
As per the family’s initial plan, he said, Sharat and his father were scheduled to go on a pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple on Friday. Sharat is believed to have been observing a vow of penance, a relative said. “He had arrived from the US on Tuesday and had gone out with friends, saying they would eat out.”
The family friend said Sharat had hardly spent any time at home after arriving from the US. “He shared the joy of scoring good grades with his mother and grandmother and soon he went out to meet his friends.”
He suspected that Sharat might have been suffering from jetlag and dozed off while driving back home.
26/12/19 Sajila Saseendran/Gulf News
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Sharat Kumar, 21, and Rohit Krishnakumar, 19, who were studying in universities in the United States and United Kingdom, respectively, met with the tragic end while Sharat was dropping Rohit home after meeting a few other Dubai-based friends on Christmas Eve.
Friends and relatives bid a tearful adieu to the youngsters at the embalming unit of the Medical Fitness Centre in Muhaisnah yesterday evening.
At the time of going to press, their mortal remains were taken to Dubai International Airport for repatriation to the south Indian state of Kerala, where their cremation will be held today.
Sharat’s body was to be flown on an Emirates flight at 9.40pm yesterday to Thiruvananthapuram, while Rohit’s body was scheduled to be repatriated on another Emirates flight to Kochi at 2.30am today.
Dozens of friends and relatives were accompanying the two grieving families.
A family friend told Gulf News that Sharat was supposed to be on the same flight along with his mother and grandmother. “They had booked the tickets on the same flight to Kerala and join his father there. It is heartbreaking that we are sending off his body on the same flight.”
As per the family’s initial plan, he said, Sharat and his father were scheduled to go on a pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple on Friday. Sharat is believed to have been observing a vow of penance, a relative said. “He had arrived from the US on Tuesday and had gone out with friends, saying they would eat out.”
The family friend said Sharat had hardly spent any time at home after arriving from the US. “He shared the joy of scoring good grades with his mother and grandmother and soon he went out to meet his friends.”
He suspected that Sharat might have been suffering from jetlag and dozed off while driving back home.
26/12/19 Sajila Saseendran/Gulf News
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