Brussels, March 29: India’s ambassador to Belgium on Monday confirmed that Infosys employee Raghavendran Ganeshan, who went missing since the March 22 terror attacks in Brussels, was found dead. His body was found by Belgian authorities in the metro train at Molenbeek station where one of the bombs went off, reports said.
“What we dreaded the most has unfortunately come true. Belgian authorities informed the Indian embassy that Raghavendran Ganeshan was identified among the dead today. The body will be transported back to India via Amsterdam later this evening. We extend our sincerest condolences to his family,” Indian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU, Manjeev Singh Puri told a television channel.
The mortal remains will be handed over to Raghavendran’s family – younger brother Chandrasekar and parents Annapoorni and Ganesan C – who are in Brussels.
The body was at Belgium’s military hospital and will be taken to India from Amsterdam, the report further added.
The Indian Embassy in Brussels and the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi confirmed the death of Raghavendran Ganeshan in the 22 March assault on the Belgian capital.
“The Belgian authorities have identified Raghavendran as one of the victims of the barbaric terror attacks of March 22,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. He said Ganeshan was a victim of the blast that took place in the metro at Molenbeek station in Brussels.
Swarup said, “If they are able to make it, the body accompanied by family, would be on flight from Amsterdam to Chennai via the Gulf tonight or tomorrow morning with Jet (airline) to India.”
