Mortal remains of Karnataka student killed in Ukraine arrives in Bengaluru; CM pays homage

Naveen went to Ukraine to pursue a degree in medicine as his family could not afford medical education here due to high admission fees. Credit: Twitter/@CMofKarnataka

The mortal remains of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, the Karnataka student who was killed during shelling by the Russian forces in Ukraine’s Kharkiv city on March 1, has reached the Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Monday.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai with his Cabinet colleagues reached the Bengaluru International airport and paid homage to Naveen.

Received & honoured body of our student Naveen Gyanagoudar killed in indiscriminate bomb shelling in Russia-Ukraine war.

Thanks to PM @narendramodi Ji & @DrSJaishankar Ji for getting his mortal remains. pic.twitter.com/s8YTh2gUqP

— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) March 20, 2022

Source : https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mortal-remains-of-karnataka-student-killed-in-ukraine-arrives-in-bengaluru-cm-pays-homage-1093180.html