ANKARA: Body of missing Indian citizen found after Turkey earthquake. The body of Vijay Kumar (35), a native of Uttarakhand, was found. Vijay Kumar's body was found in the rubble of a collapsed multi-storey hotel building in the Eastern Anatolia city of Malatya on Saturday morning. It is reported that the relatives identified the dead body by the tattoo on his left hand.

Vijay, an employee of OxyPlants India in Bengaluru, arrived in Turkey on 23rd of last month and stayed at Avsar, a four-star hotel in Malatya. Vijay's room was on the second floor of the 24-storey hotel. Vijay Kumar was missing since the day of the earthquake. A passport and a bag were recovered from the debris of the hotel on Friday. The dead body was found on the fifth day, to the dismay of relatives and Indian embassy officials.