Abu Dhabi: An Indian expat died of a heart attack here after hearing the news of his mother's demise back home, the media reported.

Anil Kumar Gopinathan hailed from Kerala and had been working at a tailoring shop in Umm Al Quwain city for 20 years. 

The incident happened on December 21 at the shop where Gopinathan was informed about his mother's death. Next day, he was found collapsed there and was rushed to a hospital but in vain, the Khaleej Times reported on Saturday. 

Gopinathan's brother Santosh, based in Dubai, had already left the country for their home in Kerala's Kollam district before the second death. 

Gopinathan, however, was supposed to fly back to India later. 

According to authorities, the documents for repatriation of the body took time and it will be flown to India on Saturday night.

Gopinathan's family was not told about his death till Saturday morning, said their relatives. His body which will reach them in Parippally village town on Sunday.

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Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.

The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.

"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.

"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.

Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.

An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.