Haj pilgrim from Hyderabad dies in Mecca

One Haj pilgrim, Abdul Lateef, of Humayun Nagar in Hyderabad, died of heart attack in the city of Holy Makkah. He was 73.

According to Telangana State Haj Committee, Abdul Lateef had gone on pilgrimage along with his wife Azizunnisa on August 17. TSHC Special Officer Prof. S.A. Shukoor has instructed the



Khadim-ul-Hujjaj to make necessary arrangements for his burial and complete all the formalities. 

The burial took place on Sunday night in the burial ground of Makkah.

Prof. Shukoor spoke to the relatives of the deceased in Hyderabad and expressed his condolences.