Bodies of Andhra Pradesh couple who died in U.S. to return to India by January 2
The Hindu
At the time of the incident, both Narayana Rao and Gokul’s families were spending weekend time at the tourist spot and walked over the frozen lake for photo
Bodies of Narayana Rao Muddana and his wife Haritha are being returned to India, Naresh Babu Chimmineni, brother-in-law of Narayana Rao told The Hindu on Saturday. He said that the bodies probably will be returned to Hyderabad by Monday (January 2) evening and to Guntur by Tuesday (January 3) morning. As soon as they will receive the bodies, they will perform the funeral rites as per the Hindu religion, he maintained.
At the same time, Mr. Naresh said that the children of Narayana Rao, including Pujitha (11) and Harshitha (7) are also coming to India, with the help of an NRI from the same village in Guntur. He said that Narayana Rao’s employer was helping in returning the kids, apart from TANA.
The Hindu published about the tragedy in its previous columns. Haritha and Narayana Rao were husband and wife and they belonged to Guntur district, while Gokul Mediseti is their family friend from Visakhapatnam. All these three people died in a frozen lake on December 26 in Arizona, United States of America. At the time of the incident, both Narayana Rao and Gokul families were spending weekend time at the tourist spot and walked over the frozen lake for photo capture.
Mr. Naresh said that Gokul’s wife will be bringing back his body to Vizag in a separate plane.
He said that they got the death certificates and almost completed all other formalities to bring back the bodies.
Incident happened at around 3.35 p.m.: Coconino County Sheriff
Reacting on the deaths of three Telugu persons, the concerned police officials from the United States of America informed over mail that, “The missing men have been located deceased and have been identified as Narayana Muddana, (49) and Gokul Mediseti (47). The female victim has been identified as Haritha Muddana (age unknown)”.
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