Indian who could not go home for 12 years dies in Sharjah

January 22, 2014

Sharjah, Jan 23: An Indian worker who could not go home even once in the past 12 years because he did not have a valid residence visa, has died in Sharjah.

The 52-year-old Thekkummale Lakshman, from Karimnagar near Hyderabad in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, was found suffering from chest congestion on a street near Rolla and was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead. Heart attack was mentioned as the cause of death.

Social workers are trying to repatriate the body of Lakshman, who did not see his family for more than a decade.

The body has been lying in the police morgue for more than a month-and-a-half.

Lakshman did not take any medicine for his ailment because he could not go to a hospital without a valid residence visa.

“His family is keen that at least Lakshman’s body should reach home. Lack of money and residence visa had prevented him from going home, even once, for more than a decade,” said a social worker handling repatriation of his body.

“We are not sure when the body will be released. We are waiting for some papers from India,” he added.

There are many workers from Karimnagar in the Gulf and a number of suicides and deaths due to chronic diseases have been reported from among them, according to social workers.

Indian social workers recently cremated the dead bodies of two illegal workers in the Jebel Ali crematorium after obtaining no-objection certificates from their families.

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Syrian Town erupts after Israeli forces enter Beit Jinn; heavy casualties reported

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November 28,2025

Several Syrians were killed and more than two dozen others injured in Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Damascus, amid intensified incursions by the occupying regime since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad and the rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rule.

Syrian state TV reported that the casualties occurred during an overnight Israeli assault involving helicopters and drones on the town of Beit Jinn in the Damascus countryside. The attack followed an Israeli military unit’s entry into the town, where they were surrounded by local residents, leading to gunfire and direct confrontations.

According to the report, “The occupation army’s helicopters and artillery shelled Beit Jinn, located at the foothills of Mount Hermon, resulting in 13 martyrs and 25 injured civilians.” The broadcaster did not specify the full extent of damage.

Al-Ikhbariyah Syria confirmed that the shelling coincided with Israeli soldiers entering Beit Jinn, while artillery pounded surrounding areas. The broadcaster stated that the escalation began after local residents clashed with an Israeli patrol that had infiltrated the southern town and “kidnapped” three young men.

Following a two-hour exchange of heavy fire, Israeli forces withdrew and repositioned on the hill of Butt al-Warda at the town’s outskirts.

Israeli media acknowledged that six soldiers were wounded in the clashes—three of them seriously—describing the confrontation as a “sudden ambush” that forced the deployment of reserve units and air support to secure an exit route. No further details were provided.

The aggression has fueled renewed displacement from Beit Jinn, with residents fleeing to nearby villages amid increasingly frequent Israeli attacks.

The raid came just a day after Israeli troops carried out another ground incursion into Umm al-Luqas village in Quneitra province. According to SANA, an Israeli unit in four vehicles entered the village, raided several homes, and later withdrew.

Syria condemned the repeated incursions as violations of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement and UN resolutions, urging the international community to enforce compliance and pressure Israel to halt its operations and withdraw fully.

Israel has expanded its attacks across Syrian territory following the collapse of the Assad government last year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly instructed his forces to push deeper into Syrian territory and seize strategic positions.

Meanwhile, critics say the HTS-led interim government’s inaction and growing normalization gestures toward Israel have emboldened Tel Aviv to intensify its military operations. HTS, formerly linked to al-Qaeda, seized control of Damascus last December, formally ending Assad’s rule.

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