: The mortal remains of city businessman V Tulasi Ram, who was among the 10 Indians killed in the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, were brought here Wednesday and laid to rest at a graveyard, his family and friends said.
Tulasi Ram had gone to Sri Lanka last week with his business partner M Srinivas Babu, who is also his distant relative, they said.
"He went to Sri Lanka as part of a business trip and also a vacation. He spoke to us on Saturday and after that did not make any phone calls or answer our calls.
Following the blasts, we enquired at different levels including the Indian High Commission," the family members and friends said, adding they were officially informed about Tulasi Ram's death on Monday.
His mother told mediapersons: "He spoke to me on Saturday night. After that he did not call....Finally through his friend I came to know about his (death)".
A friend of Tulasi Ram said they were informed that he was killed in the blasts at a hotel, while Srinivas Babu was injured and treated there.
Babu is likely to fly back to Hyderabad Thursday.
The blasts that tore through three churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday killed 359 people and wounded more than 500.
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