Mecca Crane Collapse: 4 Female Nigerian Pilgrims Missing

Sukoor said two of the injured were discharged from the hospital while the third one is still hospitalised but his condition is stated to be stable.

The health minister made the statement after his visit with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman to Makkah on Sunday.

He said the Indian mission in Jeddah was extending all possible assistance to the families of the 11 deceased pilgrims to complete the formalities in Makkah.

Prof SA Shukoor, special officer, Telangana State Haj Committee, and Syed Omer Jaleel, secretary to minorities welfare department, are in touch with the Indian Consulate General in Jeddah.

Saudi authorities today permitted the opening of the mortuary for identification of deceased.

On Saturday, two Indian women pilgrims who died were identified as Moniza Ahmed from West Bengal and Muameena Ismail from Kerala.

Officials identified the bodies of Mohammed Abdul Khader and Fatima Begum from Andhra Pradesh, Zakira Begum from Karnataka, Zafar Sheikh from Maharashtra, Mohammed Hanif from Uttar Pradesh, Tabassum from Punjab, Hassan Kharaj from Jammu and Kashmir, Shameem Bano from Madhya Pradesh and Khader Bee from Jharkhand.

The number of Indians who died in Friday’s crane crash at Makkah in Saudi Arabia has risen to 11, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said here today.

A total of 5,436 pilgrims left from Hyderabad embarkation point through the Haj Committee.

Saudi Arabia expects to receive this year millions of Muslims from different parts of the world who will go to the country to perform the annual pilgrimage ritual.

Khaddar’s brother, M Rehman, told reporters that on September 6 his brother and his wife Fathima went to Mecca as Haj pilgrims.