The Russian authorities has agreed to retrieve and hand over the mortal stays of Hitendra Garasiya from Rajasthan, who was in Moscow below a piece visa however was discovered useless in a park there, a courtroom right here was knowledgeable on Wednesday.
Justice Dinesh Mehta issued the route that after the physique is acquired from the Russian authorities, the Center and the Rajasthan authorities will make each effort to make sure that it reaches the members of the family in Godwa village of Udaipur on the earliest.
During the listening to, Additional Solicitor General RD Rastogi, citing a launch issued by the Russian authorities to the Indian Embassy, ​​instructed the courtroom that the physique couldn’t be handed over to the approved agent on account of winter trip in Russia.
“It is assured that, however, this will be done at the earliest and the mortal remains of the deceased will be handed over to the assigned agent within a period of 2 to 3 days,” Rohatgi instructed the courtroom.
Garcia had gone to Moscow on a one-year work visa, however was discovered useless in a park there final July.
Since the Russian authorities had determined to not hand over the physique and bury it there, the members of the family of the sufferer had knocked on all doorways, together with the High Court, to make preparations for the physique to be transported to India for the final rites.
Garasiya’s spouse Asha Devi had approached the High Court with a prayer to the Government of India to concern an applicable order to make preparations for offering the physique to the household.
Rastogi submitted that in line with the Russian authorities, because the household of the deceased didn’t come to say the physique, it was buried on the cemetery in Moscow on December 3 final 12 months.
He assured that the Investigative Committee in Russia agreed to exhume the physique and hand it over to the morgue, after the Government of India/embassy officers acknowledged that as per the customs, the physique was required to be cremated and never buried. is expressed. ,
He stated it was determined at hand over the physique to the approved individual after completion of mandatory formalities and procedures.
The courtroom additionally issued discover to the state authorities on Rohatgi’s plea looking for a route to the Rajasthan authorities to make mandatory preparations for handing over the our bodies to the family members.
It additionally stated that the physique could be delivered to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, after which it could be the duty of the Rajasthan authorities to make sure that it reaches the petitioners.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
