The mortal remains of a youth from a village in Malda district who had recently gone as a migrant worker to Kashmir and died in an accident there on Sunday, reached his home on Tuesday evening.
Seven other workers from various villages of Malda who had been injured in the accident, were also brought back home.
Nabab Sharif, 22, who died, was the sole breadwinner of his family comprising parents and two minor siblings.
Local sources said a couple of weeks back, Sharif, of Khodamalancha village in Gazole block, went to Srinagar with others from his district and North Dinajpur.
Abu Kalam, an injured worker of Goalpara village of Malda, said they were headed to a field near Srinagar to sow paddy seedlings when their van overturned. “BSF personnel took us to the hospital but Sharif died,” he said.
Trinamul leaders of Malda and some social outfits in Kashmir arranged for the deceased and the injured to be flown to Calcutta. They were brought home by road.
Sharif’s mortal remains were carried in a coffin to his village. His last rites were conducted on Tuesday night.
“He was the sole earner of our family. He could not get a job here and hence went to Kashmir. We don’t know what to do now,” said Manirul Haque, Sharif’s father.
Abdur Rahim Boxi, a Trinamul MLA and district president of the party in Malda, met the bereaved family on Wednesday. He gave them some financial assistance and assured all help from the state.
“We will see that the family does not suffer because of the untimely death of their son,” said Boxi.