Kin seeks MEA help to bring back 36-year-old’s body from Italy
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Kin seeks MEA help to bring back 36-year-old’s body from Italy
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Tarn Taran, January 30Residents of Khara village here have urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to make arrangements to bring back the body of Darshan Singh (36) of the village who died in Italy about a week ago.Family left poorer to get citizenship there. The family had to sell all land (two acres) so that Darshan could settle there and now with his death, the family has been left landless.Sawinder Singh Gill, leader of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Punjab, said on Saturday that Darshan Singh died on January 26 in Italy under mysterious circumstances. According to the information received from Italy, the postmortem on the body was done on Saturday, but there were some tedious formalities to be completed to bring back the body to his native village.Sawinder Singh said Darshan Singh had gone to Italy about 15 years ago and had to face great hardships to get citizenship there. He said the family had to sell all land (two acres) so that Darshan could settle there and now with his death, the family had been left landless.Kabal Singh, father of the victim, has also sought immediate help from social organisations and the MEA to bring back the body of his son to the village.
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The Tribune
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2021-01-31