The mortal remains of three more victims of the fire accident at the United Petrochemical Company Plant in Jubail in Saudi Arabia on April 16 arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport on Tuesday.
The body of Konchar Bhaskar Poojary from Bajpe arrived at the airport by flight at 3.30 a.m. It was cremated at a crematorium near Bajpe.
The bodies of Balakrishna from Vamanjoor and Vincent Monteiro from Neerumarga arrived at the airport via Mumbai at 4.30 p.m.
The body of Balakrishna was consigned to flames at the Shakthinagar crematorium later. Monteiro will be buried on Wednesday. Five of the victims of the fire tragedy were from Mangaluru. The bodies of Karthik Sanil from Kolnadu near Mulki and Ashraf from Haleyangadi were received on Monday.
Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim had, on April 18, written to the Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi, requesting immediate action for bringing the bodies back by contacting the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia.
