Turkey Earthquake: Body of Missing Indian National Found Under Rubble

New Delhi: The mortal remains of a missing Indian national in Turkey, since the deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the country, have been found by the rescue team on Saturday. 

The body of a 36-year-old Indian national, a native of Uttarakhand, was found under the rubble of a hotel in Malatya. According to the Indian Embassy in Turkey, Kumar was working for a gas plant company Oxyplant India Pvt Ltd in Bengaluru and the company sent him to Turkey on January 25 for a gas plant installation work. He was staying at Hotel Avsar in the quake-hit Malatya. The embassy has condoled the death of Kumar. 

“We inform with sorrow that the mortal remains of Shri Vijay Kumar, an Indian national missing in Turkiye since February 6 earthquake, have been found and identified among the debris of a hotel in Malatya, where he was on a business trip,” the Indian Embassy in Ankara wrote in a tweet. 

“Our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. We are making arrangements for the earliest possible transportation of his mortal remains to his family,” it added.

Uttarakhand | Family of Vijay Kumar mourns his demise, at their residence in Kotdwar. His body was found among the debris of a hotel in Malatya, Turkey where he was on a business trip. He's survived by his mother, wife & 6-year-old child

A powerful earthquake hit Turkey on Feb 6 pic.twitter.com/y4c5f8DRID

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 11, 2023

Notably, the Ministry of External Affairs in its media briefing on Wednesday had said that at least ten Indian nationals are stuck in quake-hit Turkey but they are safe and added that one India citizen is missing and efforts were being made to trace him. 

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We inform with sorrow that the mortal remains of Shri Vijay Kumar, an Indian national missing in Turkiye since February 6 earthquake, have been found and identified among the debris of a hotel in Malatya, where he was on a business trip.@PMOIndia @DrSJaishankar @MEAIndia
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— India in Türkiye (@IndianEmbassyTR) February 11, 2023