HYDERABAD: The body of a 23-year-old Indian from Hyderabad,
Arava Kiran Kumar Reddy
, who died in
Scotland
was sent home, thanks to the intervention of Minister of External Affairs
Sushma Swaraj.
The body arrived at the family's native Pulivendula in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. "The last rites will be performed here today. The family is distressed," L Suresh Reddy, a relative of the deceased told TOI on Thursday morning.
Arava Kiran Kumar Reddy died of a heart attack on April 6 at Aberdeen. His family lives in KPHB colony, Hyderabad.
When L Suresh Reddy contacted Sushma Swaraj for help in bringing back the body home to India from UK, the Consulate General of India, Edinburgh, reacted promptly in setting the process in motion. Vijay Dwivedi, additional private secretary to Minister of External Affairs, pursued the matter.
"The body is being sent today to Hyderabad via Glasgow-Dubai flight," the Consulate General of India in Scotland informed the family on April 18. "The consulate prepared all the necessary documents for transportation of the body to a Naveen."
Arava Kiran Kumar Reddy was said to have been alone at home when he suffered a heart stroke. He was employed as a deputy manager in a company in London. Though he married a year ago, his wife was in India when the family learnt about his death.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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