An 18-year-old Indian student, recipient of the UAE Golden Visa, died of cardiac arrest in Dubai during Diwali celebrations, local media reported.

Vaishnav Krishnakumar, a first-year BBA Marketing student at Middlesex University Dubai, reportedly collapsed during a Diwali celebration on Tuesday at Dubai International Academic City, the Gulf News reported on Wednesday.

He was rushed to hospital, but the doctors declared him “brought dead due to cardiac arrest”, the report added.

According to the family, the Dubai Police Forensic Department is conducting further investigations, adding that Vaishnav had no known heart problems.

“His parents want to take his body to Kerala for the final rites, so we are getting the paper work sorted. We hope everything will be done and they can fly home on

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