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The Jharkhand labour section has contacted the Indian Embassy successful Saudi Arabia to facilitate the instrumentality of the assemblage of a 26-year-old youth, Vijay Kumar Mahato, from Dumri artifact successful Giridih, who was killed successful a shootout successful Jeddah connected October 16, officials said connected Friday (October 31, 2025).
Shikha Lakra, squad person astatine the Migrant Control Cell nether the labour department, told PTI that the section received accusation from Giridih astir the decease of a migrant idiosyncratic successful Saudi Arabia and a petition to bring backmost his body.
"We got successful interaction with the Indian Embassy instantly and are trying to interaction Jeddah constabulary authorities for completing the formalities and past bring backmost the assemblage to his autochthonal spot successful Jharkhand," Lakra said.
Sikander Ali, a societal activistic who works connected migrant idiosyncratic issues, told PTI that the younker identified arsenic Vijay Kumar Mahato, a autochthonal of Dudhpaniya colony successful Madh Gopali panchayat nether Dumri artifact of Giridih district, had been moving successful a backstage institution arsenic a operation enactment fitter for the past 9 months.
"He had sent a dependable connection connected WhatsApp to his woman Basanti Devi connected October 16 that helium was caught successful a crossfire and sustained injuries. Devi informed her in-laws, but they were nether the content that helium was being treated. On October 24 the steadfast wherever helium worked informed them that helium had died successful the shootout," Ali said, adding that the shootout was betwixt Jeddah constabulary and an extortion gang.
"I came to cognize astir the lawsuit connected Friday and informed the authorities labour section and the Giridih territory medication not lone to bring backmost the body, but to guarantee compensation from Saudi Arabia authorities for the mediocre household members of the victim," added Ali.
