Indian Umrah pilgrim dies in Oman

Muscat: An Indian Umrah pilgrim has died while he was on transit in Oman, a social worker who is coordinating repatriation of the body said.
“Abdul Rahiman, the pilgrim was returning from Medina. He landed in Muscat at 12am on Saturday. His connection flight to Kozhikode in Kerala was at 2:15am. At around 1am, he showed uneasiness and in a few minutes he passed away,” Shameer PTK, the social worker, said quoting the victim’s brother.
Abdul Rahiman was 67 years old.
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“By today evening or tomorrow, we will be able to repatriate the body,” Shameer added.
Last year in December, an Indian pilgrim’s body offloaded from a Saudi plane in Oman was stuck in Muscat for at least one week before being repatriated to India.
The victim, identified as Muhammed Abdul Muthalip, 63, from the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, was returning from Jeddah with his family after a pilgrimage when he died on board the flight.
As he passed away onboard, the flight had to make an emergency landing in Muscat and the body was offloaded.
As the holidays were on, the paperwork to take the body back to India was delayed.