Chennai: The Indian Government late on Monday evening confirmed that Infosys employee Raghavendran Ganesh — who went missing after the bomb blasts in the Belgian Capital — had been killed in the terror attacks in Brussels on March 22.
The ministry of external affairs (MEA) said, “The Belgian authorities have identified Raghavendran as one of the victims of the barbaric terror attacks on March 22. He was a victim of the blast that took place in the metro at Malbeek station in Brussels.” MEA sources said that “the body (of Raghavendran), accompanied by his family, would be on a flight from Amsterdam to Chennai via the Gulf tonight or tomorrow morning”.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had earlier said that Raghavendran had spoken to his mother an hour before the blasts, even as the Minister had, a few days ago, publicly asked for help to locate him and even posted his picture on Twitter. She also said she had spoken to his mother.
“We are doing our best to locate Raghavendran Ganesh. He spoke to his mother an hour before the blasts in Brussels. Please help us locate Raghavendran. I have spoken to Raghavendran’s mother Mrs Annapoorni,’ Swaraj said in her twitter handle. The techie’s mother - Annapoorna Ganesh from Mumbai told this newspaper, on March 23, that she was hoping to find her son in the list of injured as his did not figure in the casualty list earlier.
Raghavendran used to travel the same route in metro where the blast occurred. Family said that Raghavendran was born in Chennai and later moved with his parents to Mumbai where he completed his schooling. He did his college studies at Vaniyambadi, in Vellore district. His wife is currently in Chennai with her one month old baby. Raghavendran was working with Infosys in Pune before he left to Brussels for a project four years ago. He came to India in February to leave his pregnant wife in Chennai for delivery.
