Doha: The deaths of 12 Indian citizens in an explosion at a factory in Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City have left the country in shock. Officials confirmed that the bodies of four Indian nationals were repatriated to India on Thursday.
The Indian Embassy confirmed that the body of Arjun, a Keralite, was also repatriated on Thursday. Arjun, a resident of Thooneri in Kerala's Kozhikode district, was working at the Barzan gas distribution facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City. Natives of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat are also among the victims.
"The mortal remains of 4 out of 12 Indian nationals who unfortunately passed away in Ras Laffan incident are being repatriated to India today," the Indian Embassy in Doha said in a post on X on Thursday.
"We hope to repatriate other mortal remains also soon. Embassy has kept the families and authorities informed," it said.
"We thank the Qatari authorities as well as the Indian community organisations for their support and coordination. Embassy has also been in touch with Indians who are injured in the accident," the post read.
A total of 13 people, including a Pakistani national, were killed in the explosion at the Barzan local gas supply facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City on June 21. Officials said 66 people, including several Indians, were injured in the accident at the factory operated by QatarEnergy LNG.
Those injured are of Qatari, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Kenyan, Ghanaian, Tanzanian, Nigerian and Nepalese nationalities, according to officials.
