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Kerala body to charter flight for amnesty-seekers Gulf Round-up

Dubai: A cultural body from Kerala has decided to charter an Air-India flight to repatriate the Indian amnesty-seekers who are unable to buy an air-ticket.

The chartered aircraft carrying 166 amnesty-seekers will leave Dubai International Airport for Kozhikode on September 1, an official of the UAE chapter of Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) said.

“Ever since the UAE Government had declared amnesty, we have been trying to help the amnesty-seekers. Most of them were struggling to find money for the air-tickets,” Yahya Thalangara, general secretary of KMCC, UAE chapter, said.

“Initially, we had given tickets to some people. But we felt it was not enough. So we decided to charter the flight,” he said, adding that Air-India had given us a good package for chartering the flight. If needed, we will charter one more aircraft. — PTI

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