External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday came to the rescue of a family from Haryana that was struggling to get the dead body of their son back from New Zealand.
Hardeep Singh Deol, a 24-year-old man from Rania in Sirsa district, was stabbed to death by a drunk girl in a Christchurch park in New Zealand on Christmas evening. His family had contacted the Indian High Commission in New Zealand and tweeted to Swaraj pleading for help from the government to get his body back to India.
“Deol family - Rania (Sirsa): I hv (have) seen news report and given instructions to our High Commissioner in New Zealand. Please give me your number. I will spk (speak) to you on phone. You need not come to Delhi. My heartfelt condolences,” Swaraj tweeted while promising help.
According to reports Deol was on work visa in Christchurch. He had earlier done a course in hotel management from New Zealand. Shortly after the news about Deol's death was carried by Indian media, Swaraj had sought the phone number of the family members.