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Mix-up of bodies: India to take up matter with Iran

New Delhi: India has taken ``very seriously'' the matter regarding a mix-up in sending the body of an Indian national, who died in an accident in Iran. The body of an unidenfied woman was flown in here instead.

The Government has also instructed the Indian embassy in Tehran to take up the matter strongly with the shipping company, where the Indian national was employed.

Minister of State for External Afairs E. Ahamed said the Government had instructed its embassy in Tehran to take up the matter very strongly with the shipping company and take appropriate steps to bring back the deceased engineer, Subodh's body.

On July 21, an Indian national, Subodh Kumar Tiwari, who was employed by Ali Hamid Siddiqui Shipping Company, Khor, Dubai, was killed in an accident at Kharkland Port, Iran.

The shipping company arranged for the body to be flown back to India by Iran Air flight no 810 to Mumbai and onward to Delhi by an Indian Airlines flight, reaching on August 8.

However, when the body was flown in, the family members were shocked to discover that the body sent was that of an unidentified woman. — UNI

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