Will Donate Son's Body For Research: Father Of Student Killed In Ukraine
NDTV
The 21-year-old student of Kharkiv National Medical University was reportedly standing in a queue to buy food when he was killed in Russian shelling.
The parents of the Indian student Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar who was killed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have decided to donate their son's body for medical research, the father of the medical student informed on Saturday.
"My son wanted to achieve something in the medical field, that didn't happen. At least his body can be used by other medical students for studies. That's why, we at home, have decided to donate his body for medical research," Shankarappa, father of Naveen said.
Earlier, on Friday, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai clarified that the body of Naveen, who died during a shelling amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war will reach Bengaluru airport on Monday at 3 am and not on Sunday as he had informed previously.
"My son's body will reach Bengaluru on 21st at 3 am. From there the body will reach our village by 9 am. Then we'll perform Pooja as per the Veera Shaiva tradition then we'll keep it for the public view and then we'll donate the body to SS Hospital Davanagere for medical studies," Naveen's father informed.
