Overview
- Vikram Verma, 22, from Agloi village in Sikar district, was reported killed in a drone strike in Oman during the West Asia conflict.
- His remains reached his village on Tuesday, and the last rites were performed in a grief-stricken ceremony.
- Verma had traveled to Oman on February 23 to work on road projects for a construction firm and spoke to family the day before the attack, expressing concern about the situation there.
- Relatives said a cousin employed by the same company notified the family and the employer arranged the repatriation, with the cousin accompanying the body to India.
- Police and district officials confirmed the death and return of the body; Indian Express also identified a second Rajasthan victim, Pappu Singh, killed in Oman, while an earlier March 1 missile strike had claimed Nagaur resident Dalip.