Overview
- Mohammed Abdul Shoaib, 24, returned to Hyderabad on Tuesday on an IndiGo flight after treatment in Saudi Arabia.
- He said the bus had halted for a washroom break near Medina when a tanker struck it from behind, triggering a fire that killed 45 of 46 passengers.
- The Telangana government announced Rs 5 lakh ex gratia for each bereaved family and sent teams that coordinated hospital discharges, death certificates and burials at Medina’s Jannat‑ul‑Baqi.
- Officials said he requires daily care for burn injuries, with prospective outsourcing employment at a nearby minorities residential school once he is medically fit.
- Saudi authorities have begun investigating the crash roughly 25 km short of Medina, as families grieve losses that include 18 members from a single extended family.