The mortal remains of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, the Indian medical student who was killed in a shelling in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, will arrive in Bengaluru on Sunday, Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Friday.Naveen, a final year-medical student at the Kharkiv National Medical University, was killed on March 1 during shelling when he stepped out of his apartment to buy groceries from a store that was barely 50-60 metres away. The 21-year-old student was surviving on candy bars, biscuits and juices since Russia had launched an all out invasion on Ukraine.Bommai had earlier informed that Naveen’s body was embalmed and kept at a mortuary in Ukraine.
After Naveen’s killing, India had sent a strong worded message to Russia and Ukraine, demanding security of Indians who were awaiting evacuation in the warzones of Sumy and Kharkiv.Body of Indian student killed in Ukraine to reach Bengaluru on Sunday, tweets Karnataka CM
