‘We were talking to him over the phone when it got cut’, says wife of UP man killed in Riyadh strike

Ravi Gopal died when a missile struck his workplace on 18 March in Riyadh. His mortal remains were brought back to his village Wednesday.

Wife of the young man killed in an Iranian missile attack in Riyadh, Ritu Devi, breaks down after the mortal remains arrive at his native village, in Sitapur on Wednesday. | ANI Video Grab

Sitapur: The mortal remains of the 26-year-old man Ravi Gopal were brought back to his village in Sitapur on Wednesday, a week after he was killed in an Iranian missile strike in Riyadh.

Ravi died when the missile struck his workplace on March 18 in Riyadh.

Speaking to ANI, Ritu Devi, Ravi Gopal’s wife, recounted the horrific moment and said her husband died because of the missile strike.

“We were talking to him over the phone when it suddenly got cut. My husband died because of the missile strike,” said Ritu Devi.

Earlier on March 20, the Ministry of External Affairs expressed deep condolences following the death of an Indian national in Riyadh on March 18, as the government continues to coordinate the repatriation of citizens caught in the escalating West Asia conflict.

The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia also confirmed the fatality following recent security incidents in the Saudi capital on March 18. In an official statement, the diplomatic mission of India in Saudi Arabia, “The Embassy of India expresses its deepest condolences on the tragic demise of an Indian national in Riyadh due to recent events on March 18th.”

Meanwhile, the US President signalled that peace overtures were being made with Iran and that the war was coming to an end.

“We’re in negotiations right now. I can tell you, they’d like to make a deal and who wouldn’t if you were there? Look, their navy’s gone, their air force is gone, their communications are gone. pretty much everything they have is gone. I think we are going to end it. I cannot tell you for sure. We have won this… We literally have planes flying over Tehran and other parts of their country. They can’t do a thing about it. For instance, if I want to take down that power plant, they can’t do a thing about it… They are totally defeated… Militarily, they are dead,” he said.

With Israel continuing its strikes in Iran and the Iranian military launching wave 80 of its retaliatory strikes, peace remains elusive in West Asia. (ANI)

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