Ukraine war | 'Dead body takes more space', BJP MLA's shocker on student killed in Ukraine

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".