HUBBALLI: A man hailing from Karnataka’s Hubbali, identified as Abdul Ghani Shirhatti, is one of the victims of the bus accident in Saudi Arabia, confirmed his younger brother Faruque Shirhatti on Monday evening. While apeaking , Faruque Shirhatti, the brother of the deceased, said that his elder brother was working as a driver for the last 25 years in Abu Dhabi (UAE) and went for Umrah on November 9.

“My brother used to work as a driver for the last 25 years in Abu Dhabi. He went for Umrah on 9th November… When their bus left for Madina, a petrol tank hit the bus and around 45 people lost their lives, including my elder brother,” he said.

At least 45 Indian Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad and other parts of country, died, and only one survived in a devastating bus fire near Medina in Saud

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