A 25-year-old student from Hyderabad, Shaik Muzammil Ahmed, died of cardiac arrest in Canada. Ahmed's family has requested External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to help bring his mortal remains to India.

Ahmed from Telangana was persuing a masters degree in IT from Conestoga College, Waterloo Campus in Kitchener City in Ontario, since December 2022.

He was suffering from fever since last one week, but his family received a call from his friend that he died due to cardiac arrest on Friday.

Amjad Ullah Khan, a leader of the Telangana-based political party, Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT), informed about the incident on social media.

Taking to social media platform X, Amjad Ullah Khan said, "One Shaik Muzammil Ahmed-25 years from Hyderabad, Telangana State pursuing Masters in IT from Conestoga College, Waterloo Campus in Kitchener City in Ontario, Canada since Dec 2022 was suffering from fever since last one week, but his family received a call from his friend that he died due to cardiac arrest today."

"On hearing this news his parents and the entire family is in a state of shock and has request you to kindly ask @HCI_Ottawa & @TorontoCGI to send his mortal remains back to Hyderabad as soon as possible, for more details please contact Waliuddin on +1 (647) (786) 5940 or his uncle Mohammed Amjad on 9618160740," he added.

Source: India Today