PTC News Desk: An Indian student named Shaik Muzammil Ahmed died of cardiac arrest in Canada, and his family has asked External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to arrange for the student's remains to be returned to Hyderabad.
Ahmed (25) was from Hyderabad and was pursuing a Master's in IT from Conestoga College, Waterloo Campus in Kitchener City, Ontario.
Amjad Ullah Khan, the leader of the Telangana-based political party Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT), reported the incident on social media.
The MBT leader stated that Ahmed had been suffering from a fever since last week, but his family received word from Ahmed's friend that he had died of cardiac arrest.
He also posted a letter from the student's family asking EAM Jaishankar for assistance.
Posting on the social media site X, Amjad Ullah stated: "One Shaik Muzammil Ahmed-25 years from Hyderabad, Telangana State pursuing Masters in IT from Conestoga College, Waterloo Campus in Kitchener City in Ontario, Canada since Dec 2022 was suffering from fever since last one week, but his family received a call from his friend that he died due to cardiac arrest today."
"On hearing this news his parents and the entire family is in a state of shock and has request you to kindly ask @HCI_Ottawa & @TorontoCGI to send his mortal remains back to Hyderabad as soon as possible, for more details please contact Waliuddin on 1 (647) (786) 5940 or his uncle Mohammed Amjad on 9618160740."