India, March 8 -- The family of 47-year-old Thomas Gabriel Perera, who was shot dead while illegally crossing into Israel, has said that the Kerala native was a victim of a job scam.

Perera, an autorickshaw driver in Kerala, was killed by Jordanian security forces at the border with Israel on February 10 when he tried to illegally cross the border. According to a report by BBC, he went to Jordan after an agent promised him a lucrative job.

When the job offer in Jordan did not materialise, he tried to enter Israel as he was told he could find work there, the report quoted his family as saying.

Parera also had his brother-in-law Edison Charlas with him, who was also injured in the shootout. Charlas received treatment for his wounds and s...