NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday responded to the help request of  former J&K chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah for bringing the body of a student from Jammu and Kashmir, who died in Bangladesh, a day after

A student from Jammu and Kashmir, Quaratul Ain died on Saturday in Bangladesh. She was pursuing MBBS from Tahir-ul-Nissa medical college in Bangladesh.

Sushma Swaraj took to Twitter and said that Indian High Commission in Bangladesh is in touch with the family of the student. She wrote,  "Ms.Quaratulain MBBS student from Anantnag - Indian High Commission in Bangladesh is in touch with the family of the deceased. I spoke to her brother Harris yesterday. We are expediting the return of her mortal remains. @ihcdhaka.”

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It t was Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti who first raised the matter with Ms Swaraj on Twitter on Saturday morning. She had writtern, "Dear @SushmaSwaraj ji, Quratul Ain, a kashmiri student has died in Bangladesh. She was pursuing her studies in Tahir Ul Nisa Medical College. Request your help to the family to get her body home (sic)," she had written.

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Later, National Conference's Omar Abdullah said he had received a "request for help" from journalists in South Kashmir's Anantnag. He wrote,  "Dear @SushmaSwaraj sahiba, I have received this request for help from journalists in Anantnag. Their colleague lost his sister Quaratulain, a student at Tahir-ul-Nissa medical college in Bangladesh. The family needs assistance getting the young lady's mortal remains back.

The High Commission of India in Dhaka responded to Mr Abdullah saying the officers were in touch with the family of the student.