Hyderabad, Feb. 23 -- The mortal remains of a Telangana expatriate, who died in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), were handed over to his family nearly 16 hours after arrival at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, which resulted in the family ungoing distress and postponing funeral arrangements.

Narender Narsaiah Shriram, a native of Kondrikarla village in Metpalli mandal of Jagtial district, died of cardiac arrest in Sharjah on February 16, according to the death certificate issued by the Consulate General of India in Dubai, as seen by Siasat.com.

His body was brought to Hyderabad on an Air Arabia flight from Sharjah, which landed at the Shamshabad airport at 3.20 am on Sunday, February 22. Family members alleged they we...