Four members of an NRI family from Andhra Pradesh tragically lost their lives in a traffic accident near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. They were on their way back to Kuwait after completing Umrah.
Dandu Ghouse Basha, originally from Madanapalle in Sri Annamayya, was employed at an American University in Kuwait.
He had traveled to Saudi Arabia for Umrah with his family, which included his wife, Tabarak Sarwar, and their two sons: three-year-old Ehan and eight-month-old Dameel. They were traveling in a recently purchased new car.
After performing Umrah and offering prayers at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, the family was en route to Kuwait when the tragic accident occurred. Their car collided with a trailer on the Hafna–Tuwakh road, approximately 120 kilometers from Riyadh.
The bodies of the victims have been transferred to Rumah General Hospital, and legal procedures are still pending.
Ghouse Basha's parents, upon hearing about the heartbreaking incident, were admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru.
Identifying the victims was a challenging task as most of their possessions, including travel documents, were destroyed when the car caught fire following the collision.
With the assistance of the police, prominent social worker Sidhikh Tuvvur and KMCC Malayali community workers not only identified the victims but also contacted their family members.
