Vijay Kumar, a resident of Uttrakhand’s Kotdwar, worked for a Bengaluru-based company and was on a business trip to Turkey when the earthquake struck the country.
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The Indian national, Vijay Kumar, missing in Turkey since the 6 February earthquake, has been found dead and was spotted amidst the debris of a hotel in Malatya, the Indian Embassy in Ankara confirmed on Saturday.
”We inform with sorrow that the mortal remains of Shri Vijay Kumar, an Indian national missing in Turkiye since (the) February 6 earthquake, have been found and identified among the debris of a hotel in Malatya, where he was on a business trip,” the embassy tweeted.
”Our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. We are making arrangements for the earliest possible transportation of his mortal remains to his family,” it further said.
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Vijay, a resident of Uttrakhand’s Kotdwar, worked for a Bengaluru-based company and was on a business trip to Turkey when the earthquake struck the country on Monday.
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