Relatives of the people who met with an accident after a bus travelling from Mecca to Medina in Saudi Arabia caught fire on Monday, asked the Centre and the Telangana government to arrange for their travel to Saudi Arabia and bring back the bodies.

More than 40 people were reportedly travelling for Umrah with most of them from Hyderabad when the bus they were travelling in met with an accident.

A local resident in Hyderabad, Mufti Asifullah Qasmi, told ANI that seven members of his family went for a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. He said that Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi has spoken to them and assured them of providing further details regarding their family members.

“A batch of 45-46 members went to Saudi Arabia from Hyderabad…The bus carrying them caught fire, and as soon

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