As many as 38 family members of those who died in the tragic bus fire accident in Saudi Arabia arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday, state government sources said.

At least 45 Indians, majority of them Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad, were killed in Saudi Arabia’s Medina after their bus collided with an oil tanker.

However, officials in New Delhi familiar with the development maintained that 42 people were killed in the accident.

The funeral is expected to take place on Friday, sources said.

“Thirty-eight people have reached Jeddah. DNA profiling is ongoing. Once it is done and after some official process of the Saudi Arabia Government, the funeral may take place on Friday,” sources told PTI.

A team led by Telangana Minister Azharuddin is currently camping in the Gulf country to coordinate wi

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