A veteran Indian social worker in Qatar,who was known for his efforts to help expatriates,died around 6.30pm at a Hospital in Doha where he had been admitted for the past several weeks. M V Abdul Khader Haji,popularly known as Hajika,hailed from Keralas Thrissur district and was conferred the Humanitarian Services award by the Indian Community Benevolet Forum (ICBF) in 2004. He was known for helping expatriates handle the bodies of their relatives and friends dying in Qatar,The Peninsula newspaper reported. People sought his assistance,irrespective of religion and nationality,to complete legal and medical formalities to perform last rites of the deceased,the report said. I have worked with Hajika for the last 10 years. He was doing a rare service to the community and there is none to fill the vacuum left by his death. Inspired by his service,ICBF had set up a death case committee,in which he was a member, Nilanghsu Day,Chairman of ICBF s advisory committee said. Haji came to Qatar when he was 20 years old and started out by working in a restaurant in Doha. He later set up his own air condition repair shop. He is survived by his wife Zuhra and four children.
