New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said Indian volunteers were assisting the Saudi authorities in identifying the four Indian nationals who died in the Haj tragedy in Saudi Arabia.
"Indian volunteers have reached in large number and are assisting the local authorities" Swaraj said in a Tweet.
Swaraj provided the emergency numbers in Mecca and also tweeted that Indian embassy officials have started the process of identification of the Indian nationals killed in the accident.
Our emergency Nos in Mecca : 0096612545800000966125496000 Toll free number for pilgrims in Saudi Arabia : 8002477786— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) September 24, 2015
#Mecca Our Embassy officials have reported that the process of identification of bodies is on. This will take at least 24 hours.— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) September 24, 2015
"#Mecca Our Embassy officials have reported that the process of identification of bodies is on. This will take at least 24 hours" said Swaraj in another Tweet.
At least 717 people, including four Indians, were killed and over 860 injured in a stampede on Thursday during Haj, in the second worst ever tragedy to hit the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
The four Indians killed in the tragedy during the symbolic stoning of the devil, included a woman and a volunteer, Indian Consulate officials in Jeddah said. Two Indians were also injured.
After this Saudi authorities will disclose their identity with photographs.— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) September 24, 2015
Indian volunteers have reached in large number and are assisting the local authorities.— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) September 24, 2015
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