Number of Indians who died in the Haj tragedy on Saturday rose to 18, ministry of external affairs said.
Spokesperson of ministry of external Vikas Swarup on Saturday said that 18 Indians have died in the stampede.
“Our officials on the ground in Mekkah have been working continously to asecrtain information and reach out to the family members of the missing pilgrims.
Of the four dead, two are from Gujarat and one each from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
The two pilgrims who were from Gujarat are — Hafijabahen Satarsha Diwan and Syed Abdul Hussain. The pilgrim from Jharkhand was Rasul Ali, and from Uttar Pradesh, Moinuddin.
According to the list of 14 dead announced on Friday, nine of the victims were from Gujarat, while two each belonged to Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu and one was from Maharashtra.
At least 717 people killed and over 860 others injured when a stampede occurred on Thursday when Haj pilgrims jostled their way to perform symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina at the holy Mecca, marking the culmination of the annual pilgrimage.
The government had earlier said it was constantly monitoring the situation in Mecca.