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At least 16 people from Bazaar Ghat in Mallapally are among those killed. A passenger bus carrying pilgrims from Mecca to Medina collided with a diesel tanker at around 1:30 am IST.
16 Hyderabad Bazaar Ghat Residents Among 45 Indians Dead in Mecca–Medina Bus Fire
New Delhi: More than 40 Indian Umrah pilgrims are feared dead in a tragic road accident in Saudi Arabia early Monday. All the victims are from Hyderabad.
At least 16 people from Bazaar Ghat in Mallapally are among those killed. A passenger bus carrying pilgrims from Mecca to Medina collided with a diesel tanker at around 1:30 am IST.
Identified:
The deceased from Bazaar Ghat have been identified as Rahimunnisa, Rahmat Bi, Shahnaz Begum, Gausia Begum, Qadir Mohammad, Mohammad Maulana, Shoaib Mohammad, Sohail Mohammad, Mastan Mohammad, Parveen Mohammad, Zakia Mohammad, Shaukat Mohammad, Farheen Mohammad, Zaheen Mohammad, Mohammad Sanjeev, and Mohammad Ali.
The dead included 20 women and 11 children.
Initial reports from local Saudi sources put the death toll at over 40, while the Telangana Haj Committee later reported that 42 pilgrims were killed. Many of them were reportedly sleeping at the time of the collision. Preliminary information also suggests that the victims included 20 women and 11 children from Hyderabad.
The government released a list of these 45 names:
Irfan Ahmed, Humera Nazneen, Sabiha Sultana, Ahmed Hamdan, Ahmed Izan, Sheikh Nasiruddin, Fatima Umaiza, Mariam Fatima, Sheikh Januddin, Fatima Mehrish, Shazan Ahmed Mohammed, Rida Tajeen, Sheikh Uzairuddin, Akhtar Begum, Anees Fatima, Amina Begum, Sara Begum, Khan Saleem, Shabana Begum, Syed Huzaifa Jaffer, Rizwana Begum, Sheikh Salahuddin, Farana Sultana, Tasmia Tahreen, Sultana Sana, Mohammad Abdul Khadir, Gausia Begum, Begum Shanaz, Mohammad Ali, Rahmateeb, Rahim Unnisa, Ur Rahman Mohammad Shoaib, Rais Begum, Begum Shahjahan, Al Amoudi Sara Mahmood, Mohammad Manzoor, Zaheen Begum, Farheen Begum, Begum Shaukat, Begum Zakia, Parveen Begum, Mohammad Mastan, Mohammad Sohel, Mohammad Maulana, Abdul Ghani Ahmed Saheer Shirhatti.
