Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 13 The ashes of the 22-year-old nursing assistant from Kannur who lost her life in a train accident in Japan, will be brought back to the state on October 14, NORKA Roots said on Tuesday.
V Devika, a native of Iritti Padiyur in Kannur district had died on September 2 after being hit by a train near Kakamigahara in Gifu Prefecture of Japan, NORKA Roots, the official welfare and coordinating agency for Non-Resident Keralites (NRKs) under the Keralam government, said in a statement.
The ashes will arrive in Thiruvananthapuram by air around 2.30am on Wednesday and will be received by NORKA Roots officials.
The ashes will then be taken to her hometown in Kannur the same day, the statement said.
Since the body could not be brought back to the country, the cremation was carried out in Japan with the permission of the family and with the help of the Union Ministry of External Affairs, the Indian Embassy and representatives of Keralite organisations, it said.
NORKA Roots said that it prepared and submitted the necessary documents for cremation of the body, repatriation of the ashes, and coordination of further steps, as instructed by the chief minister.
Devika, who had completed her lab technician course, had joined a social welfare institution in Japan as a nursing assistant six months ago.
Following Devika’s disappearance, her relatives had filed a complaint with the Chief Minister and others.
It was during this time that information was received that she had been found dead after being hit by a train, the statement said.
(PTI News)
