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‘Priority is to get mortal remains of Naveen back’
NT Correspondent
Bringing back the mortal remains of Karnataka medical student Naveen Gyangoudar from the war zone in Ukraine is the top priority of the state government, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, he said the government is committed to provide all necessary co-operation to the victim’s family and for this purpose, he is in touch with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and the Indian Embassy in Ukraine. The photograph of Naveen, who died in shelling by Russian troops in Ukraine, had been sent to the Indian Embassy in Ukraine for identification of the body so that it can be sent to India for the last rites. The assistance of the External Affairs Ministry is being sought for the early dispatch of the mortal remains to his hometown, the CM said.
Since the battle between Russian and Ukraine forces had turned fierce, the Central government is in touch with the Ukraine authorities to seek their opinion on shifting Indians to safer places, that too in groups. They have been asked to board trains from the nearest railway station and reach western Ukraine. Efforts are also on to airlift as many as people possible within the shortest time, the CM added.
The government will also try to find out about the health condition of Naveen’s friend who is said to be injured in the shelling. There are contradictory reports on this and they are being verified with the authorities concerned, Bommai said.
Shyam Sundar Vattam | NT
Naveen Shekarappa Gyangoudar, the fourth year medical student of Kharkhiv Medical College in Ukraine, who died in shelling by Russian troops in Ukraine on Tuesday, had a Mysuru connection.
According to information reaching here, although, he originally belonged to Chalageri village in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district, his father worked in a paper mill in Nanjangud due to which Naveen had stayed in the temple town. He had studied from first to fifth standard at Lions School, and from sixth to tenth standard at Adarsha School. Subsequently, he did his first and second PU in the science stream at Unity College, Nanjangud. Later, the entire family shifted to Haveri.
It is learnt that Naveen had spoken with his Nanjangud friends from Ukraine just two days before his death. His classmates, Dinakar and Sharath recalled the childhood days they had spent together.
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