Khotang boy dies in Saudi Arabia; family struggling to bring corpse back

KHOTANG: Family of a Nepali male migrant worker who died in Saudi Arabia one month ago has pleaded for help to bring the dead body to Nepal.

Nar Bahadur Puri of Arkhaule-1 in Khotang district had died on March 9 in the gulf kingdom. Puri had left for Saudi Arabia just one year ago and he was found dead while sleeping on March 9 morning.

Deceased’s brother Lok Bahadur said they have registered an application at the Diktel-based Safe Immigration Information Centre urging to help bring his brother’s body to Nepal.