Infosys man missing in Brussels dead

The Indian government late Monday evening confirmed that Infosys employee Raghavendran Ganesh, who had gone missing after the bomb blasts in the Belgian capital, was killed in the terror attacks in Brussels on March 22.

The external affairs ministry said in a statement: “The Belgian authorities have identified Raghavendran as one of the victims of the barbaric terror attacks on March 22. He was a victim of the blast that took place in the metro at Malbeek station in Brussels.” MEA sources said that “the body (of Raghavendran), accompanied by his family, will be on a flight from Amsterdam to Chennai via the Gulf tonight or tomorrow morning”.

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj had earlier said Raghavendran had spoken to his mother an hour before the blasts, even as the minister had, a few days ago, publicly sought help to locate him and even posted his picture on Twitter. She also said she had spoken to his mother. “We are doing our best to locate Raghavendran Gan-esh. He spoke to his mother an hour before the blasts in Brussels. Please help us locate Raghavendran. I have spoken to Raghavendran’s mother Mrs Annapoorni,” Ms Swaraj said earlier.