2 Indian students succumb to burn injuries in Moscow
Thursday, November 27 2003 19:32 Hrs (IST)
Moscow: Two Indian students, who were seriously hurt in a major fire accident in a Russian University
campus on Monday (November 24), have succumbed to burn injuries.
Of the seven injured Indian students, two have died of their burn injuries, the Indian Students
Association in Moscow said today (November 27).
A major fire ripped through a five-storey dormitory of People's Friendship University in Moscow on
Monday killing 40 students and injuring over 140.
The Association, which also held a protest demonstration in front of the Indian embassy against, what it
alleged, the "indifferent attitude" adopted by the Indian diplomats towards the injured, said the wounded
Indian students were in "grave condition" in hospitals.
The Indian embassy "has not shown any sympathy or care towards them," Ravi, an executive member of
the Association, alleged.
Meanwhile, Vice Chancellor of People's Friendship University, Prof Bilibin, resigned today, accepting
moral responsibility for the tragedy.
PTI
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