Mortal remains of 2 from TN to be flown from Sudan

The Indian Embassy, citing reports, had earlier said that 18 Indians were among 23 people killed and over 130 injured in the LPG tanker blast that destroyed the Seela Ceramic Factory on December 3 in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. Sixteen Indians were missing after the incident. The Indian Embassy here has also published on its Twitter account the names of Indians whose charred bodies have till now been identified.

“In regard to the Indian casualties in the Ceramics factory fire in Khartoum, the Embassy has expedited the identification and completion of medico-legal formalities for the 14 identified bodies,” the Embassy tweeted. “The mortal remains will be sent to India from tomorrow (Tuesday) onwards, it said. “All the families have been informed and have been requested to send consent letters to receive the mortal remains,” it added. Of the 14 Indians, two were from Tamil Nadu, one from Puducherry, two from Haryana, three from Bihar, three from Rajasthan, three from UP.