Brussels: Indian Embassy in Brussels on Monday said Raghavendran Ganesh, an Infosys employee from Bengaluru has been identified among the dead victims of the deadly terror attacks that struck the Belgian capital last week.
According to reports, Ganesh was killed in the blast that ripped through the Maalbeek metro station, minutes after the twin explosions at the Brussels airport. His body was recovered from a metro train where one of the bombs planted by the terrorists had exploded.
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The official twitter account of the Indian Embassy announced that his body will be handed over to his family and will be sent to India via Amsterdam. The Indian Ambassador has offered his condolences to the victim’s family.
Mortal remains r in process of being handed2family f Raghvendran to be taken 2 India from Amsterdam airport.@gauravcsawant @aditi_tyagi
— India in Belgium (@IndEmbassyBru) March 28, 2016
According to earlier reports, Ganesh had last spoken to his mother Anapoorni on Skype, before he left for work on Tuesday morning, about an hour before the explosions. He had informed her about the twin blasts at the airport.
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Anapoorni, who lives in Mumbai, said that he had been working in Brussels on a project for four years. He had visited India in February when his wife gave birth.
