A 69-year-old Haj pilgrim from Hyderabad passed away due to cardiac arrest in the Aziziyah district of Makkah in Saudi Arabia on Friday, June 14, at 5:30 pm local time.

On May 19, Tajuddin Mohammed, a resident of Rajendra Nagar, accompanied by his wife Hussaini Begum, travelled to the Kingdom to perform the annual Haj pilgrimage, which began on June 14.

Amid sweltering heat of more than 43 degrees Celsius, Tajuddin, along with other pilgrims, had been waiting outside the building No. 466. for several hours for the bus to travel to Mina and also missed Friday prayers.