KOPPAL:External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has once again come in with timely help of a bereaved family.
Syed Farooq Basha Quadri (25) from Gangavati in Koppal district was killed in a terrorist attack in South Sudan on February 17. Shocked over the incident, S B Quadri, father of the youth and a close associate of Gangavati MLA Iqbal Ansari, brought the incident to the notice of Sushma Swaraj.
“Despite her ill-health, the minister responded earnestly by getting in touch with the Indian Embassy in Sudan,”Quadri said.
Earlier, the family and their relatives resided in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh where Farooq did his schooling. Later, the family shifted to Gangavati.
“Farooq was very intelligent and sportive during his childhood. With the help of a relative, Farooq got a job in Sudan and shifted there,” Quadri added.
Following the minister’s timely help, the Indian embassyofficials are making arrangements to ensure that the body reaches Kurnool in a day or two, he said.
“Since most of our relatives are in Kurnool, we will perform his last rites here,” he added.