Indian family killed in horrific road accident buried in Riyadh

RIYADH: The four-member NRI Indian family from Andhra Pradesh, who were killed in a tragic road accident in Saudi Arabia were laid to rest in Riyadh on Friday.

Ghaus Dantu (35), his wife Tabrak Sarwar (31), and their children Muhammad Damil Ghaus (two) and Muhammad Ehan Ghaus (four), all natives of Andhra, died in a horrific car accident on the 25th of August.

The family were buried at Hayul Salam Maqbara in An Naseem on Friday. Ghaus along with his family came to Saudi from Kuwait to perform Umrah. The accident happened on the morning of August 25 on the Hafna-Tuwaiq road in Al Thumama, east of Riyadh city. The Ford car in which the family was traveling collided with a trailer driven by a Saudi citizen. The car got burned and all four were charred to death. It was only after a DNA test that all four were identified.