A labourer’s family in Kanganwal village, Malerkotla district, is facing a double whammy after their only son, Mohammad Ramjan (22), was allegedly killed by unknown assailants in Dubai on March 15. Ramjan had gone to Dubai in search of greener pastures about five months ago, but his body is yet to be repatriated, even as the family is struggling to make ends meet due to huge loans taken to send him abroad.Mohammad RamjanThe family is now struggling to arrange money to bring Ramjan’s body back home. Residents, led by former sarpanch Rupinder Singh Pindu, have urged the Union Government and the Punjab Government to come to the family’s rescue and facilitate the transportation of the body.Tufail Mohammad, a tempo driver and Ramjan’s father, and his wife are devastated that they allowed their only son to go to Dubai in search of a better life. Asgar Ali, a close relative, said he had coordinated with Ramjan’s friends after learning of the incident on Monday, who later found that Ramjan’s body was lying at a hospital in Dubai.Ali said the family was in touch with the Dubai police, who are trying to establish the sequence of events leading to Ramjan’s death. “We have tried to study CCTV footage of some cameras installed on the route, which suggests that the assailants attacked Ramjan at a place beyond the reach of CCTV cameras,” Ali said.The Dubai police have assured the family that the body would be released for repatriation to India. However, the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, Ramadan holidays in Dubai, and post-murder legal procedures have complicated the repatriation process.The aggrieved family has demanded a probe by senior UAE police officials into the sequence of events leading to Ramjan’s death. Meanwhile, Fatehgarh Sahib MP Dr Amar Singh Boparai has claimed to have taken up the issue with the Union Foreign Affairs Minister. “I talked to the minister, who assured me that he would coordinate with authorities in Dubai to expedite the repatriation process,” Boparai said.