Indian toll in Mina stampede reaches 50

     Jeddah: The number of Indians who died in Mina stampede on the last day of the Haj has reached fifty. The Indian Consulate in Jeddah has confirmed the death of 50 Indian pilgrims in the Mina stampede. The deceased included 29 women. The casualties also include two Indians resident in Saudi Arabia. According to Saudi officials, a total of 354 people have died and 289 injured in the incident. As of now, 50 Indian Pilgrims have been confirmed dead of which 29 are women. Indian Consul General in Saudi Arabia Ausaf Sayeed added that the identification process was on. Meanwhile Indian government has declared grant of Rs three lakhs to the next of kin of the victims. Among 50 Indian deaths, 41 went to Mecca through the Haj Committee of India, three through private tour operators, and six undertook the pilgrimage on their own.

    The list of deceased people among those who went through Haj Committee of India - Sabiran Bano (UP), Akhtarnul Nisha (UP), Mohammad Shareef (UP), Mohammed Shabeer (UP), Zainab Khatoon (UP), Raushan Jahan (UP), Zaibunnisa (Maharashtra), Mahmoodha Bee (Maharashtra), Fauzia (UP), Seerat Fatima (UP), Abeda Shakeel (UP), Chowdhary Meraj Ashraf (UP), Kamal Ahmed (UP), Khatoom Begum (Rajasthan), Sarfaraz Ahmed (UP), Safrunnisa (UP), Mohd Bahuddin (Andhra Pradesh), Ruksana Begum (UP), Mohd Idris (UP), Moideen Kutty (Kerala), Immerumma (Kerala), Nisar Ahmed (UP), Farzana Khatoon (UP), Rahisa Bano (Rajasthan), Kachem Ali Sekh (West Bengal), Jamshed Ali (UP), Haneefunnisa Begum (Andhra Pradesh), Zaheera Bee (Andhra Pradesh), Salma Begum Pathan (Maharashtra), Mohd Abdul Shukur (Andhra Pradesh), Syed Yousuf (Maharashtra), Nasim Bano (Maharashtra), Azim Khan (MP), Raseedan Bee (MP), Kamrunnisa (MP), Aboobacker (Kerala), Mehraj Begum (Andhra Pradesh), Shammo (UP), Abdul Sattar (UP), Nazma Waheed (UP), Feroz Bee (Chattisgarh)

    Pilgrims who went from Private Tour Operators - Sheerin Bano (Gujarat), Malek Aslam Miya (Gujarat), Ruksana Banu (Gujarat). Among the victim pilgrims who went on own - Ibrahim Falidad Bihai, Mongom Alamathil Sulaiman (Kerala), Md Alam Siddiqui (UP), Shaheda Begum (UP), Mohd Salim Ahmed, Kangadakadavan Hassan (Kerala).

    A Control Room has been set-up in the Mina Camp. The contact numbers of the Control Room are 009662-5523816, 5592528, 5523815. Ten branch dispensaries and the Main Hospital in Makkah have been put on high alert and are functioning round the clock. The stampede took place at around 2 p.m. (IST) in Mina on the last day of the Haj on January 12. The incident took place when the pilgrims were going for the ritual stoning of Shaitan (Rammi), at about 150 meters of distance from the Jamarat Bridge, on which stoning of Shaitan is done.

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