Family in West Bengal gets son’s body


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MANGALORE: The agonizing wait for the family of Mohammed Rafeeq in Pipla Borel, West Bengal, for the body of their 19-year-old son, who died in an accident in Mangalore on Wednesday, ended on Sunday.

 The body arrived at the Bagdogra airport at 2pm. ``We just reached our village at 6pm with the body. The funeral rites will take place at 8pm,’’ said Haq’s father Mohammed Rafeeq to TOI.

 ’’We don’t know the condition of the body since we have not opened the coffin yet,’’ said Rafeeq hoping that the body would be intact.

 The cancellation of an Air India flight to Bagdogra from Delhi on Saturday raised fears of the family whether they will be able to have a final glimpse of the body as it may be decomposed by the time it reaches them. Khairul Haq, 19, died on Wednesday after falling into a lift pit from a height of 90ft at a construction site.

 The body was sent by AI flight from Mangalore on Friday at 1pm and body was not sent to Bagdogra on Saturday due to cancellation of the flight.

 AI cargo manager Sunitha Mathur had assured TOI on Saturday that the body would be sent by any available flight as AI’s Bagdogra flight on Sunday was suspect.

 She had also assured the body may remain intact since it was it was embalmed.

AI flight cancellation puts West Bengal family in distress; body still in open not in morgue

MANGALORE: The cancellation of Air India flight to Bagdogra on Saturday from Delhi has put the family of Mohammed Rafeeq and Bibi Sunera in distress. The family in Pipla Borel, West Bengal was to receive the body of their eldest son, Khairul Haq, 19, who died here in an accident on Wednesday.

 Sources said the body was kept inside the Air Cargo Complex Delhi, without shifting the body to a morgue, fearing the body may be in a decomposed state denying family the opportunity to see the body for the last time. The body was sent by AI flight to Delhi on Friday, 1pm.

 Rafeeq told TOI: We received information the body will not come today, when we had almost reached the airport. The airport is 130 kms from our village. We received an SMS ’’Flight no AI 879 arrival at Bagdogra 13:00 hrs tomorrow Sunday’’ at 12.02pm.

 ’’We are crying, what else we can do. My wife is in a bad state and doctors are attending her,’’ said the daily wage earner. Haq was the eldest of the 10 children of Rafeeq couple.

 ’’There is a person in Islampur who supplies people to construction sites where labour is in demand. Mangalore there is good pay as daily wages. He was earning Rs 8,000 per month,’’ said Rafeeq. Haq arrived here five months back and was working at Doctors’ Quarters, Jeppu under contractors Vinod Pinto and Mohammed Ansar. He fell into the lift pit from a height of 90 ft and succumbed to injuries. The case has been registered at Mangalore South Police Station.

 AI Cargo manager Sunitha Mathur said: I’m liaising with my office. The flight may be a suspect even on Sunday. If so, I’ve told my office to book the cargo on other flights.

 Regarding the state of the body, she said: It’s an embalmed body. Doctor’s say the body should be intact for another three to four days. Also, the weather in Delhi is quite cold and windy and we have kept the body in a secluded and open area.

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