Mukul Arya, India's representative to Palestine, was found dead inside the Indian Mission in Ramallah on Sunday. It was not immediately known how Arya, a 2008-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, died.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has expressed shock over the death of the diplomat. "Deeply shocked to learn about the passing away of India's Representative at Ramallah, Shri Mukul Arya," Mr Jaishankar tweeted.
"He was a bright and talented officer with so much before him. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones. Om Shanti," he said.
Deeply shocked to learn about the passing away of India’s Representative at Ramallah, Shri Mukul Arya.
He was a bright and talented officer with so much before him. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones.
Om Shanti.
The top leadership of Palestine on Sunday expressed shock at the death of Mukul Arya at his workplace. The Palestinian foreign ministry said it received with "great astonishment and shock" the news of the death of Ambassador Arya.
"As soon as this painful news arrived, immediate instructions were issued from President Mahmoud Abbas and Pr...