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Ukraine War: Mortal Remains Of Indian Medical Student Killed Arrives Back Home
Chief Minister offering his respect to the mortal remains
Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagaudar's mortal remains arrived in Karnataka. He is the Indian medical student from the state who was killed in war-torn Ukraine.
He died on March 1 in the conflict zone. He studied at Kharkiv National Medical University.
Gyanagaudar's family members, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai were among the others present at the airport to receive the normal remains.
The mortal remains were then taken to his native place, Chalageri village of Ranebennur taluk in Haveri district.
'His mother was crying for the body to come. Initially, we were also sceptical about the possibility of bringing the body from the war zone. It was a herculean task, which was successfully conducted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his huge diplomatic strength and image.' said the Chief Minister.
He spoke about how unfortunate it was that Naveen lost his life.
The Chief Minister thanked the Prime Minister again along with the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and officials, for bringing thousands of students back home from Ukraine.
'This (bringing body) was just impossible because most of the time we can't get the bodies of our soldiers from war zones, but here getting a citizen's body that too from a third country, is just a miracle.' he said.
Naveen's parents will donate the body to a private hospital after paying their last respects.
(With inputs from PTI)
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