India’s representative in Palestine Mukul Arya was found dead on his office premises in Ramallah on Sunday. There was no information from authorities both here and in Palestine about the cause of the death of Arya, an IFS officer of 2008 batch.

“Deeply shocked to learn about the passing away of India’s representative at Ramallah. He was a bright and talented officer with so much before him,” tweeted foreign minister S Jaishankar.

A career diplomat at the MEA, Arya had served in Delhi, as well as at the permanent delegation of India to Unesco in Paris and at embassies of India in Kabul and Moscow. He was raised and educated in Delhi before joining the Indian Foreign Service in 2008.

The Palestine foreign ministry tweeted that it had contacts with its Indian counterpart to complete the arrangements for transporting his body to India. “President Mahmoud Abbas and PM Muhammad Shtayyeh issued immediate instructions to all security, police and public authorities, in addition to the ministry of health and forensic medicine, to immediately move to the residence of the Indian ambassador in Ramallah to find out more about the death,” said Palestinian authorities.

A career diplomat at the MEA, Mukul Arya had served in Delhi as well as at the permanent delegation of India to Unesco in Paris, and at embassies of India in Kabul and Moscow.

Source: Times of India