In a tragic incident, a 21-year-old man from Punjab’s Kapurthala district died due to heart attack in Armenia on Monday, his mother said.
The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Kamal Kumar, a native of Sultanpur Lodhi in Punjab’s Kapurthala district. According to information received by the family, he suffered a heart attack late at night on Monday and died suddenly.
Kamal’s mother Karamjit Kaur said that her son had gone overseas in a hope for better future and employment opportunities, however the reality was far-fetched from what he imagined. He was living in constant distress due to lack of employment and even struggling to afford food, news reports said.
He was working at a hotel in Armenia at the time of his death, according to his family.
The grieving mother said Kamal’s father had died 15 years ago and that she had raised her son in extreme poverty. “I am a poor woman and work as a daily-wage labourer. Whatever little I earned, I spent to raise him and send my son abroad so that our condition could improve. Now he is no more. My life has ended,” she said as quoted by Indian Express.
Karamjit further said that Kamal had been supporting the family financially since he went abroad and that his untimely death had left her completely destitute.
As per the news outlet, the family has approached Rajya Sabha member Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal and government authorities seeking immediate help to bring Kamal body back to India.
Seechewal said he had assured Kamal’s family of all possible assistance. He added that efforts would be made to complete the necessary formalities at the earliest and ensure the repatriation of the body from Armenia.
