Body of an Indian worker, who succumbed to the injuries he sustained in an explosion at an Angolan factory he was working in, was today flown to his native village in Deoria district.
Suryadev Yadav had died on December 1, allegedly due to an accident at Best Angola Metal Company on November 6.
The company is understood to have demanded USD 25,000 (about Rs 16 lakh) from his family as expenses to send the body back to India, saying that it had been badly mutilated and needed special transportation.
Yadav's family members had written a letter requesting help from the President, Prime Minister, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and their district magistrate.
The district administration officials then forwarded the details of the worker to Union Ministry of External Affairs, which coordinated with the Indian Embassy in Angola and made necessary arrangements to bring the body.
