Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu): Ashes of a man, who died of Covid in Dubai were brought back to his native place after two years on Friday, by a Muslim woman. The Muslim woman, Tahira who is working as a paramedical staffer in Dubai and a social worker from Kozhikode in Kerala, volunteered to bring the ashes after the family sought help through a Whatsapp group. Tahira came to India for a noble cause and she could not even meet her family in Kerala.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, she said, "I have to complete all the legal formalities to bring back Rajkumar Thankappan's ashes. When I brought them, I was thanked by the two children of Rajkumar. They constructed a grave beside their mother's burial place and buried Rajkumar's ashes by performing all the rituals."
While talking to ETV Bharat, Beautlin Rexy (22), daughter of Rajkumar, said that her father went to Al Ain, UAE, in May 2020 for business where he died of Covid and his body was cremated by the Dubai authorities according to the Corona protocol of UAE.
The ashes were kept safely at the Khalifa Hospital in Ajman after the relatives requested the concerned authorities, Rajkumar's two children, Beautlin and Adlin Rahul (20) have been in depression as they could not see their father's body.
Along with the ashes, documents of the deceased were also brought by the woman. Beautlin said that he and his brother have been seeking help for the past two years.
