Four Indian nationals were killed in the Colombo serial blasts while six others are reported to have escaped with minor injuries. Businessman and TDP leader Amilineni Surendrababu and five of his friends, who were on holiday in Sri Lanka and staying at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, had a narrow escape as blasts hit the hotel on Sunday morning. According to relatives, Ms. Raseena and her husband Khader Kukadi, an engineer working in Dubai, were on a holiday in Colombo. Mr. Basheer, who was to pick Mr Raseena from the hotel, later identified her body at a city hospital. In a press communique, the CMO said that the Department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs is in touch with the relatives of Razeena as well as the Indian High Commissioner’s office in Sri Lanka.

Source: The Hindu April 21, 2019 13:00 UTC