Chennai: The Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia, T. S. Tirumurti, called K. S. Narendran, husband of Chandrika Sharma, who was on board the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, on Monday, to inform him about the death of his wife.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle over the phone, from Kuala Lumpur, the Indian High Commissioner said that he spoke to Narendran personally after the Malaysia Airlines authorities were not able to reach him.
“I contacted all the families of the Indian passengers who were on board the plane,” he added. Apart from Chandrika, Kranti Shirsath and three members from Kolekar family were on board MH370.”
Nothing that all the three families were in the process of digesting the information, Tirumurti said that Narendran was not stoical right through the conversation. “It is a difficult time for all of them,” Tirumurti added.
The High Commissioner said that Narendran spoke to him for a few minutes about how exactly the Malaysian government came to a conclusion and what the Malaysian PM shared with officials.
“The Malaysian government had zeroed in on the fact that the plane went only in the southern direction with the latest analysis of data. With spotting of several debris, it has been proved that MH370 had finally ended in the middle of the Indian Ocean,” he added.
Narendran, who left for Delhi on Saturday to help his daughter Meghna get back to her college routine couldn’t be reached for his comments.
Chandrika’s colleague at International Collective In Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) said that they had been hopeful of her return till yesterday.
“The Malaysian government has almost closed the case of MH370 now. But still they haven’t clearly shown any proof. We have no words to express our grief,” said N. Venugopal of ICSF.
