Naveen, son of Shekharappa Janangoudar from Chalageri village in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district was killed when a shell that Russia pressed on the campus civilian place on Tuesday.
Naveen who was studying in IVth year MBBS course was out from the house to get vegetables. Two more medical students who were also from Haveri district were injured in the attack.
A medical student from Karnataka was killed and two other students from the same state were injured in the Russian shell attack at Karkiv in Ukraine on Tuesday.
While, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai expressed grieves to the death of Naveen and said the government would act fast to get the dead body of the latter soon. The body is expected to the nation in 2-3 days.
Bommai whose assembly constituency is from the Haveri district told news persons that he spoke with Naveen’s father Shekharappa who told him that his son used to speak to the family for about 5 minutes everyday.
“With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning. The ministry is in touch with his family. We convey our deepest condolences to the family,” Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson, MEA, tweeted on Tuesday.
He said, “Foreign Secretary is calling in Ambassadors of Russia and Ukraine to reiterate our demand for urgent safe passage for Indian nationals who are still in Kharkiv and cities in other conflict zones. Similar action is also being undertaken by our Ambassadors in Russia and Ukraine.”
Russia shelled the second largest city Kharkiv on Tuesday damaging various installations over there. The Russian troops have also surrounded Ukraine capital city Kyiv on Tuesday and asked civilian to leave the city on the urgent note.
“All civilians in the city can freely leave the Ukrainian capital along the Kyiv-Vasylkiv highway. This direction is open and safe,” Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
Immediately thereafter, Indian Embassy in Ukraine asked the stranded nationals to leave Kyiv immediately by any means.
“All Indian nationals, including students are advised to leave Kyiv urgently today. Preferably by available trains or through any other means available,” Indian Embassy said in an advisory.
Russian and Ukrainian troops continued to engage in fighting on Kharkiv streets as war entered into the fifth day after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for military operation.
