Hyderabad Umrah bus victims to be buried at Jannatul Baqi today

The Hyderabad Umrah pilgrims who died in the bus accident near Madinah, Saudi Arabia, will be buried at Jannatul Baqi on Friday, November 21, after Saudi authorities approved the request made by the visiting Telangana delegation.

The accident, which occurred early on Monday, November 17, claimed the lives of 45 Indian nationals — 42 of them from Telangana — after their bus



collided with a fuel tanker on the outskirts of Madinah.

In a post on X on Thursday, November 20, Minister for Minorities Welfare Mohammed Azharuddin confirmed that formalities were being fast-tracked and that funeral prayers would be offered at the Prophet’s Mosque (Masjid-e-Nabawi) before burial at Jannatul Baqi. He thanked Saudi authorities and the Indian Embassy for their cooperation.