Keralite engineer in Dubai by the name of Nithin Chandran, who helped his pregnant wife to file a plea at the Supreme Court of India for early repatriation from the UAE amid the COVID-19 lockdown has passed away in his sleep after suffering suspected cardiac arrest, according to Gulf News on Tuesday. Chandran, who was a mechanical engineer used to work at a construction firm in Dubai. As per the reports of the Gulf News, he had stayed back in UAE after he sent his wife home on the first day of repatriation on May 7 from Dubai under the Vande Bharat Mission. The news outlet further added that they could not immediately verify the cause of his death. More details in this regard are awaited.

Source: dna June 09, 2020 10:07 UTC