By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
New Delhi: Among the Qatar ship tragedy victims, nine persons were from Rajasthan, the Indian Embassy in Doha has confirmed it. Altogether 19 Indian nationals were on board the ship Dimesh Victory which capsized off the coast of the Qatar capital on June 25. Only three could be rescued.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had reportedly contacted Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor and sought details of the victims and support from the Indian Embassy in Qatar.
The Indian Embassy in Qatar has identified victims from Rajasthan as: Shaukat Jafar, Mohammed Ameen, Abdul Hakim, Ramzan Umar Khan Shaikh, Mohammed Mojammil Hussain, Mohammed Shakeel Nirwan, Mohammed Rafiq Zamadar, Mujaffir Hussain and Maeen Nazir Khan Parihar.
In total there were 30 people on board the ship when it sank.