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The woman’s family and two children who were found dead in a home in Dublin have asked the Irish government to help them repatriate their bodies to India.
Sufi Masood, Seema Banu’s cousin, told RTÉ News that the family had last spoken to Seema last Thursday.
Speaking to RTÉ News from her home in the Mysore region of southern India, and translating on behalf of Seema’s father, Abdul Ghaffar, and her mother, Qurishid-un-nisa, her cousin also said that the family did not he could believe it was real when they were told that three members of his family had been found dead.
They said they felt like they were in a dream zone or that it could have been a joke, and they didn’t believe it had happened until they saw it on the news.
The family described Seema Banu as the pillar and heart of their family, and they described their children Asfira and Faizan as charming children and proud students, who used to share the work they had done at school with their family in India.
Sufi Masood described how Seema’s parents have not slept or eaten since they heard the news, and how her mother cries whenever she sees things that remind her of Seema and the children.
He said Seema, who was one of eight children, made most of the decisions for the family and took great care of everyone and during the last video call they had with her last week, she had taken the time to speak with various members of the family. family. .
They described the small remote village in Mysore in southern India where they are from, and said that Seema was the only person in their extended family, which is made up of about 100 households, to move abroad. They said they missed her and the children very much.
They said Seema and the children had moved to Ireland in February this year due to her husband’s work, after living for some time in Dubai.
The family has appealed to the Irish government and the Indian embassy in Ireland to help repatriate the bodies of Seema and her two children, so they can get a last “look” at them.
They said they had been told that returning the bodies to India could cost 18,000 euros, and he said the family could not afford the cost and feels helpless.
“We would be grateful for our lives if you could send our loved ones back to our family so that we can see them one last time and do the final business with our own hands. That would be really helpful.”
He said they were grateful for the support that the Irish people had shown and that the candlelight vigil held by neighbors in their memory showed the goodness of the people.
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