Dubai (UAE) [India], June 9 (ANI): A Keralite engineer in Dubai, who supported his pregnant spouse to file a plea in the Supreme Court of India for early repatriation from the UAE amid the coronavirus lockdown passed away in his sleep of suspected cardiac arrest, reported Gulf News on Tuesday.

The deceased identified as Nithin Chandran (28) and his wife Athira Geetha Sreedharan (27) had hit headlines in the past after the latter filed a writ petition seeking assistance to be repatriated to India, following the suspension of flights to the country, as she was due for the delivery of their first baby in the first week of July.

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Chandran, a mechanical engineer was working at a construction firm in Dubai. According to the Gulf News, he had stayed back in UAE after sending his wife home on the first day of repatriation from Dubai on May 7 under the Vande Bharat Mission.

The deceased was receiving the treatment for high blood pressure and a heart condition and is suspected to have died of a heart attack while asleep, his friend said while speaking to Gulf news.

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However, the news organisation could not immediately verify the cause of his death.

More details in this regard are awaited. (ANI)

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