Kuwait City: The family of an Indian electrician killed in a drone strike in Kuwait will be paid a year’s salary by the Al Thiqa Food Group Company.
Santhanaselvam Krishnan, from Tamil Nadu, was killed when an Iranian drone struck his workplace – a power and water desalination plant based in Kuwait, as reported by Hindustan Times.
The company made the decision to uphold its social and humanitarian responsibilities, Kuwait Times reported. Al Thiqa told the media outlet that it had received all necessary approvals from authorities to begin paying Krishnan’s one-year salary to his family in Tamil Nadu.
Krishnan’s mortal remains arrived at the Cochin International Airport late at night via a special Kuwait Airways flight on April 1.
Meanwhile, Indian nationals are continuing to leave Iran amidst the ongoing crisis. Over 1,150 Indians have left Iran through the land border, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). They have crossed into Armenia and Azerbaijan.
“Our embassy in Tehran has facilitated the movement of 1,171 Indian nationals, including 818 students, to exit Iran via the land borders into Armenia and Azerbaijan,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a media briefing.
“From there, our nationals have been flying back to India,” he added. Jaiswal said that while 977 Indian nationals crossed into Armenia from Iran, 194 crossed into Azerbaijan.
Some media outlets, citing the MEA, reported that eight Indian nationals have been killed so far in the West Asia conflict.
US president Donald Trump, while warning Iran of total destruction, indicated that he is in favour of securing the country’s oil.
“If I had my choice. Yeah, cause I’m a businessman first. We are a partner with Venezuela, and we’ve taken hundreds of millions of barrels,” he said in answer to a question during a White House media conference.
“You know that to the winner belong the spoils. Go for the spoils. I’ve said why don’t we use it to the victor go the spoils. We haven’t had that in this country, probably in a hundred years. We didn’t have it with the Second World War. We helped rebuild all those countries,” Trump added.
He also called out US allies for not helping America amid the West Asia conflict. “Japan didn’t help us, Australia didn’t help us, South Korea didn’t help us, and then you get to NATO — NATO didn’t help us,” he said.