15-Jun-2025 03:23 PM
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Kochi, Jun 15 (Reporter) Kerala Industry Minister P Rajeeve received the bodies of 5 Malayalees, who died in a road accident in Nehru, Kenya, and paid last respects on behalf of the State Government at the Cochin International Airport here on Sunday.
The bodies were brought to the Cochin Airport on a Qatar Airways flight at 9.30 AM.
The bodies of Muvattupuzha native Jasna (29), her daughter Roohi Mehrin (one and a half years old), Mavelikkara Cherukol native Geetha Shoji Isaac (58), Palakkad Mannur native Riya Ann (41), and her daughter Tyra Rodrigues (7) were brought.
The deceased, Jasna's husband Muhammad Haneefa, Riya's husband Joel, and son Travis, who sustained injuries, were also brought here for further treatment.
The bodies of Jasna, daughter Roohi Mehreen, and Riya's son Tyra Rodrigues will be cremated on Sunday. The body of Geeta, a native of Mavelikkara, is being kept at a private hospital in Ernakulam.
Following the swift intervention of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the Central government has granted a special exemption to the health precaution requirement of requiring a yellow vaccine certificate for entry into India for mortal remains brought from Kenya and their accompanying relatives.
On June 9, a tourist bus carrying a group of 28 Indians met with an accident. They had come from Qatar for tourism. The accident took place in Nehru, 150 km from Nairobi. The bus they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ravine...////...