Mortal remains of Indian student killed in Ukraine to reach Bengaluru on Sunday

The mortal remains of Naveen Shekarappa, a medical student who died in a shelling attack in Ukraine, will arrive at the Bengaluru airport on March 20.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that body of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudarm, a final year medical student of Kharkiv Medical University who died in a shelling attack in Ukraine, will arrive at the Bengaluru airport on Sunday, March 20.

"Naveen's body will arrive in Bengaluru on Sunday at 3 AM," Bommai said in a tweet.

A fourth year medical student in Kharkiv city, Naveen was killed when he ventured out of his bunker to get some food, water and exchange money.

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