As a Telangana government delegation led by Minorities Minister Mohammed Azharuddin left for Saudi Arabia to coordinate with local authorities and help the families of the victims, Shaik Syed Abdul Rasheed, 28, is yet to come to terms with the tragedy that has befallen his extended family. Rasheed said that 18 members of his family – uncles, aunts, sisters, nieces and nephews – died in the accident near Medinah in the early hours of Monday, killing 45 umrah pilgrims.

According to Nampally MLA Mohammed Majid Hussain, 18 members related to Shaik Naseeruddin of Vidyanagar, a retired railway security guard, had gone to perform umrah and perished in the mishap. “We are verifying the names and addresses of these 18 members of the single family,” said Hussain, who is also part of the delegat

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