Kuwait Fire Tragedy: Dead bodies of 45 dead Indian workers brought to India

The bodies of 45 Indian workers, who died in a massive fire in Kuwait two days ago, were brought back to India. This mornin a special aircraft of the Indian Air Force landed in Kerala's Kochi and handed over 31 bodies of workers from three southern states. It then left for Delhi with the remaining 14 bodies.

The paperwork would have taken at least 10 days but the authorities were quick about it due to the instructions from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Gonda MP Kirti Vardhan Singh, who had rushed to Kuwait soon after taking charge as a junior minister in the foreign ministry.

A massive fire erupted in a six-storied building in Mangaf city on Wednesday, killing at least 48 people. Out of the 176 Indian workers in the housing facility, 45 died and 33 are hospitalized, the embassy said. The rest are reportedly safe.

The victims include 23 from Kerala, seven from Tamil Nadu, three each from Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, two from Odisha, and one each from Bihar, Punjab, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Haryana, said the Indian embassy in Kuwait.