Ujjain: mortal remains of Manzoor AhmedThe 50-year-old Indian, who does tailoring for a living in the Gulf, arrived at his Raj Royal Enclave residence in Ujjain late on Thursday night, a day after he was killed in a suspected Iranian missile attack at Kuwait International Airport.Resting in a coffin, his remains were flown by a passenger flight from Kuwait to Ahmedabad airport, before being taken by road in an ambulance to his hometown, said his brother-in-law, who had gone to collect his body at the airport.The coffin was opened briefly before being shouldered to his residence. His widow Farida, sitting among the mourners at home, cried after taking one last look at her husband, who was about to return under much happier circumstances for a family wedding.After his tearful return home, his family calmed him down and prepared to give him the last rites.A funeral procession was taken out in the presence of a large number of community members before he was buried at the Begambagh cemetery.According to family members, Manzoor’s brother-in-law… Mohammad IsmailAlong with two other persons, he reached Ahmedabad airport in an ambulance to collect his body. “We had to wait for some time after the final remains arrived as some formalities had to be taken care of before handing over,” his brother-in-law told TOI.After this, on Friday afternoon, the body was taken to Raj Royal Enclave of Ujjain via Nagda.Firoz Pathan, a family member, alleged that no official from the local administration came to express condolences to the bereaved family, adding, “We raised Rs 27,000 to arrange for an ambulance to bring them home.” Congress leader of opposition in Ujjain Municipal Corporation Ravi Ray spoke to the collector, who assured help. No government official has yet come forward to assure financial help to the family. The government should show more sensitivity and stand with the grieving family.A crowd of mourners, including his widowed mother Shamim Bano, daughters Saba Parveen and Sana Parveen, son Mohammad Anas and other relatives, were waiting for his coffin. Within minutes of his coffin reaching home, the family members got busy in the last rites process.His cousin Munnawar Hussain Rahmani told TOI that Javed, an acquaintance who runs Malang Al Zaid, a tailoring shop in Kuwait where Manzoor worked, provided monetary assistance in bringing his last remains back to India.His friend from Kuwait, Mohammad Hanif Qureshi, a native of Hammal Wadi, Ujjain, also attended his funeral. Hanif, who runs a perfume business in Kuwait, said, “We used to meet almost every day in Kuwait. Since I am also from Ujjain, he had special affection for me. Since I was preparing to return to Ujjain in April, amidst the worsening (West Asian) conflict, I asked him to accompany me. However, he decided not to do so, citing the increased costs of flying at the time.““I was shocked to learn of his death in a tragic incident,” he said.Not only family members and relatives, but also residents of the neighborhood turned out in large numbers to attend his last rites, each in turn shouldering the bier for some time for a distance of about 100 metres. Subsequently, his remains were placed in a vehicle and taken to the cemetery, about 4 km away.