Bhillai: The body of Dr N Satish Chandra, one of the four Indians killed in the May 13 attack in Kabul, reached his home in Chhattishgarh's Bhillai today.
Dr Chandra was a Senior Consultant at United Nations Development Program. He was posted in Kabul for the last three years. He was a divorcee, his wife and daughter have been living separately.
On the evening of March 13, a group of gunmen had attacked the Park Palace guest house in Kabul's Kolola Pushta area. Six Indians were in the building at the time, attending a concert by well-known Afghan classical singer Altaf Hussain.
During the 8-hour siege that followed, the gunmen reportedly went from room to room searching for people, witnesses told NDTV that bullets whizzed past them as they hid in their rooms.
By the end of it, 14 civilians, among them four Indians, were dead.
Besides Dr Chandra, the deceased included Dr Martha Farrell, who worked with the Aga Khan Foundation in Afghanistan, George Mathew from Kerala's Ernakulam, a private auditor and his colleague RK Bhatti from Chandigarh.
The bodies were brought to Delhi by a special flight this morning.
Dr Chandra was a Senior Consultant at United Nations Development Program. He was posted in Kabul for the last three years. He was a divorcee, his wife and daughter have been living separately.
On the evening of March 13, a group of gunmen had attacked the Park Palace guest house in Kabul's Kolola Pushta area. Six Indians were in the building at the time, attending a concert by well-known Afghan classical singer Altaf Hussain.
By the end of it, 14 civilians, among them four Indians, were dead.
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The bodies were brought to Delhi by a special flight this morning.
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