Dhanbad deputy commissioner Uma Shankar Singh on Wednesday handed over a cheque of Rs 23.63 lakh to the family of Mohamed Wajihuddin who died due to health problems on June 5, 2019, in Muscat, Oman.

Wajihuddin (65), a B.Tech graduate of BIT-Sindri, was the general manager as well as a partner of Sahar United Trading and Contracting Company at Muscat.

Though his body was brought to India after his death, Wajihuddin's earnings deposited in different banks were later received by the Embassy of India at Muscat and then passed on to the district administration of Dhanbad to be handed over to his widow.

The deputy commissioner received the money from the Embassy of India at Muscat. The money was in two banks in Muscat, namely, the Bank of Muscat and the National Bank of Oman. The cheque was given to Farhat Anjum, Wajihuddin's widow who is a resident of Qamar Makhdoomi Road of Wasseypur, Dhanbad.

Talking to The Telegraph Online on Wednesday, Wajihuddin's son, Aieman Quadar, who accompanied his mother, Farhat, to the district collectorate where the cheque was handed over to her, said, “My father was living in Oman for the last 35 years along with my mother and he was a partner of the company, Sahar United Trading and Contracting Company. The company was established in partnership and money was deposited in different bank accounts in Oman. We received the money on Wednesday.”

Quadar, who works as an engineer at Bannadi Company in Tajikistan, said, “My father died due to a heart ailment and my mother was in Muscat when the incident took place. Later, she shifted to our ancestral place in Dhanbad.”

“Being the legal nominee, his money was provided to my mother Farhat Anjum,” said Quadar, who is a B.Tech graduate from BIT-Mesra. Currently, he is working from his home due to the ongoing pandemic.