An Indian citizen missing in Turkey since February 6 earthquake, that has killed more than 25,000, was pulled out from under the rubble of a hotel in Malatya, said the Indian Embassy in Turkey.
The man, Vijay Kumar, from the hill state of Uttarakhand, was on a business trip to Turkey, said the embassy.
All arrangements are being made to bring the body back to India, the embassy added further.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday, flattening thousands of structures, trapping an unknown number of people and potentially impacting millions.
Turkey’s disaster agency on Saturday said nearly 32,000 people from Turkish bodies are working on search and rescue efforts. In addition, there are 8,294 international rescuers.
Tens of thousands of local and international rescue workers are still scouring through flattened neighbourhoods despite freezing weather that has compounded the misery of millions now in desperate need of aid.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conceded for the first time on Friday that his government was not able to reach and help the victims “as quickly as we had desired”.
The tremor was the most powerful and deadliest since 33,000 people died in a 7.8-magnitude tremor in 1939.
