Kashmiri youth dies mysteriously in Saudi: JKSA requests LG to facilitate return of body

Srinagar: Mystery shrouds the death of 25-year-old Kashmiri youth in Saudi Arabia.

Imran Ahmad Sheikh of Nihalpora in Baramulla was working in Shahwarmer Company `Taif’ in Saudi Arabia.

On April 19, he was found dead near his workplace. The cause of death is not known. There are conflicting versions. But as per his family, Saudi Police have taken his body for post-mortem and are also ascertaining the exact cause of death. They are also checking the CCTV footage around his workplace. 

Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) has urged Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to facilitate the return of mortal remains from Saudi Arabia for last rites.

“We are signing this application on behalf of a family in distress to invite your kind attention to the fact that 25-year-old youth Imran Ahmad Sheikh, originally belonging to Baramulla district of Kashmir was working in Shahwarmer Company Taif for the past two years,” said Nasir Khuehami, National spokesman of Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA). 

Nasir said the family needs assistance in getting the mortal remains back. “Therefore we request your good self to take immediate steps and pursue this matter with the Ministry of External Affairs to help in airlifting the mortal remains from Saudi Arabia for the last rites at his ancestral village,” he said.