Even as the parents of Indian student Naveen who was last week killed in Ukraine wait for this body, a BJP leader has heaped insult on their injury.
The BJP MLA from the Hubli-Dharwad constituency in Karnataka, Arvind Bellad, has reportedly said that "a dead body takes up more space in a flight".
Responding to questions on the uncertainty over when Naveen's body would be brought back to his hometown Haveri, the MLA said "instead of a coffin, nearly eight to 10 people can be accommodated on the plane".
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He added that the government is making all the efforts to bring Naveen's body back.
21-year-old Naveen, who was studying medicine at the Kharkiv National Medical University, was in a queue outside a grocery store when he was killed in Russian shelling on a government building.
Naveen's father Shekharappa Gyanagowda had earlier told mediapersons that he was assured by the government that his son's body would be brought home "within two days".