Istanbul attack: Bodies of Mumbai victims reach home

January 04, 2017 17:12

The bodies of film producer-realtor Abis Rizvi and fashion designer Khushi Shah, who were among the 39 people killed in the terror attack at an Istanbul nightclub, arrived in Mumbai early Wednesday.

The Turkish Airlines plane carrying the bodies landed at Mumbai airport shortly after 5 am," BJP MP Kirit Somaiya, who received the bodies at the airport, said.

While Rizvis body was taken to his home in suburban Bandra, Khushis body was flown to Vadodara for cremation later today, he said. Rizvis burial will also take place today. The flight carrying the bodies left Istanbul last night.

Khushi and Rizvi were among the 15 foreigners who were killed when a gunman went on a rampage at the waterside Reina nightclub in Istanbul where revellers were celebrating the New Year.

Pic: Pall bearers in Mumbai hold aloft the coffin containing the body of Abis Rizvi, one of the victims of Istanbul's New Year nightclub attack. D Siddiqui/ Reuters.

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