Hyderabad (PTI): The Telangana government on Monday decided to depute a team, led by Minorities Welfare Minister Mohammad Azharuddin, to Saudi Arabia to coordinate relief efforts following the bus accident there in which several city residents were killed.

The government has also decided to conduct the funeral of the deceased as per religious traditions in Saudi Arabia and to provide ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each to the kin of those who died, an official release said.

Two members from each family of the victims would be taken to Saudi Arabia, it said.

The team, to be led by Azharuddin, would comprise an MLA of Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and an official of the minorities welfare department, it added.

Meanwhile, the Telangana Haj Committee said in a note released to the media that 10 c

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