Indian painter’s body flown home for last rites
… And sponsor’s wife identifies dead tailor
Sandeep Singh Grewal
Contributor
The body of Indian worker C. Palanchaimi was flown home yesterday for the last rites.
The Air-India flight A1874 carrying the body would arrive in Chennai at 12: 45 local time.
An ambulance took the body to the airport from the Salmaniya Medical Complex mortuary.
A spokesperson from the Bahrain Prathiba Society told the Tribune, “The painter’s sponsor has paid all dues, in addition to some financial assistance for the bereaved family.”
Palanichaimi was found hanging in the Ma’atam Janabiya on September 25. His hand and body was tied and this has raised questions whether it was a suicide or a suspected murder. The Public Prosecutor stated in the report that it was an attempt to suicide. But human right activist have called for a transparent investigation in the matter. “The case needs to be reopened and there needs to be an independent probe in the matter. We are getting calls from Indian human right activists and NGO’s who are demanding that the matter be investigated. It is really shocking to learn about the report.” said a human right activist.
Indian painter’s body flown home for last rites
… And sponsor’s wife identifies dead tailor
Sandeep Singh Grewal
Contributor
The body of Indian worker C. Palanchaimi was flown home yesterday for the last rites.
The Air-India flight A1874 carrying the body would arrive in Chennai at 12: 45 local time.
An ambulance took the body to the airport from the Salmaniya Medical Complex mortuary.
A spokesperson from the Bahrain Prathiba Society told the Tribune, “The painter’s sponsor has paid all dues, in addition to some financial assistance for the bereaved family.”
Palanichaimi was found hanging in the Ma’atam Janabiya on September 25. His hand and body was tied and this has raised questions whether it was a suicide or a suspected murder. The Public Prosecutor stated in the report that it was an attempt to suicide. But human right activist have called for a transparent investigation in the matter. “The case needs to be reopened and there needs to be an independent probe in the matter. We are getting calls from Indian human right activists and NGO’s who are demanding that the matter be investigated. It is really shocking to learn about the report.” said a human right activist.
n Krishna Moorthy’s body was identified by his sponsor who went to the SMC after reading a report in the Tribune. The body had been kept in the mortuary for five days and charitable organisations had issued a public appeal to help identify the deceased.
A spokesperson from the Surya Charitable Organisation told the Tribune, “I got a call from a tailor working in the same shop were Krishna used to work. His shop is near the American Mission Hospital. The tailor took me to the sponsor’s wife who informed me that her husband had died and she had Moorthy’s passport. She said her husband had sponsored Moorthy.”
Moorthy’s passport shows that he had last visited India in 1985 and returned to Bahrain in 1988. Since then he had not renewed his visa. The passport was issued in Andhra Pradesh, with his residential address in Mumbai.
The sponsor’s wife handed the passport to the Indian embassy yesterday. The embassy will make arrangements to send the body of the 57-year-old.
Moorthy was admitted to a private hospital on September 29 after a complaint of chest pain. The hospital transferred him to the SMC in the afternoon. He died in the same evening and the only information available in the medical reports was his name and profession.
Article from: Bahrain Tribune Newspaper- www.BahrainTribune.com