Bengaluru: The body of Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, the Indian medical student who was killed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv on March 1, arrived at Bengaluru airport here on Monday.
Family members, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and several state government officials were present at the airport to receive the body.
Bommai laid a wreath on the body.
Arrangements were made to send the body to Naveen’s native village in Karnataka’s Haveri district.
The flight carrying the body landed at Bengaluru airport around 3 am.
Addressing mediapersons outside the airport, Bommai thanked the Central government for its efforts to bring back the body.
The CM said that bringing back Naveen’s remains was a Herculean task and that they were initially not sure if it would be possible to do so from a war zone.
The 21-year-old Naveen, a fourth-year student at Kharkiv National Medical University, had stepped out to buy food when he was killed in Russian shelling.
Bommai has given a cheque of ₹25 lakh to the family of Naveen and assured a job to a family member.
Naveen’s father has said the body will be donated for medical research.
