Bodies Of Three Andhra Pradesh Victims In Vietnam Boat Tragedy Brought To Hyderabad

The bodies of three tourists from Andhra Pradesh who died in the Vietnam boat tragedy arrived at Hyderabad on Tuesday before being taken to their native places.

The bodies of Mudiam Sreedhar from Kadapa, Gelli Jayalakshmi from Machilipatnam and Ravi Teja from Hindupur reached the cargo terminal of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport after being flown from Mumbai.

Government Arranges Transport

Andhra Pradesh Minister Kondapalli Srinivas received the bodies at the airport, met the family members and oversaw the transportation of the bodies to their native places.

The Andhra Pradesh government also arranged free ambulance services to take the bodies from Hyderabad to the victims’ hometowns.

The state government said the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Indian Embassy in Vietnam, Andhra Pradesh Bhavan and other agencies coordinated the transportation process.

Brought From Mumbai After Formalities

The bodies had reached Mumbai on Monday night, where medical, customs, immigration and cargo clearance formalities were completed before they were flown to Hyderabad on an IndiGo flight on Tuesday morning.

Three Telugu Tourists Among 15 Dead

The three victims were among 15 Indians who lost their lives after a tourist boat carrying 32 passengers met with an accident near Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam on Saturday.

The group was on a leisure trip organised by a mobile phone company for the families of its cell phone distributors from India.

One Tourist Still Receiving Treatment

Gelli Kishore, husband of the deceased Gelli Jayalakshmi, was injured in the accident and is receiving treatment at a hospital in Vietnam.

Officials said all the other Telugu tourists affected by the boat tragedy returned safely to their respective destinations on Sunday night.