Bangalore: The body of a medical student from Karnataka, who was killed in Russian shelling in war-torn Ukraine, reached the airport here on Monday. Naveen Shekharappa Gyangoudar, a final year medical student at Kharkiv National Medical University, died in a conflict zone on March 1. Naveen Shekharappa’s father Shankarappa said in emotional words that he had in his mind that wherever I would get a medical seat, I would go and then he had to be sent to Ukraine, he could not fulfill his dream of becoming a doctor, but at least he was able to learn the children coming forward. There will be some benefit from the body, so we decided to donate his body.
He said that there will be worship first, after that the body will be kept for darshan and in the evening his body will be donated to SS Hospital Davanagere. He had the intention of serving the society by becoming a doctor since childhood but he could not get a medical seat here.
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First there will be worship, after that the body will be kept for darshan and in the evening his body will be donated to SS Hospital Davanagere. He had an intention to serve the society by becoming a doctor but he could not get a medical seat here: Father of Naveen Shekharappa, an Indian student killed in a shelling in Ukraine pic.twitter.com/ayHkgTe84q
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Gyangoudar’s family members, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and a few others reached the airport to collect the body. After this the body was taken to Chalgeri village of Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district, the native place of Gyangoudar. Bommai said it was unfortunate that Gyangoudar lost his life in the conflict zone. The Chief Minister told reporters, “Gyangoudar’s mother was continuously pleading for the body to be brought back to the country. Initially, we were skeptical about even the possibility of bringing the dead body from the war zone. It was a difficult task, which was accomplished by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his immense diplomatic ability.
Thanking the Prime Minister, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and other officials for bringing back home thousands of students from Ukraine, he said, “It (bringing the mortal remains) was impossible because most of the time we do not bring bodies of our soldiers from war zones. find. Bringing the mortal remains of a common citizen is nothing short of a miracle. Gyangoudar’s parents after paying their last respects have decided to donate the body to a private hospital in Davangere. (with agency input)