Members of the Saudi border guard.

The 52-year-old Indian national, P. Farooq, who died in Houthi fire in Jazan on Friday, had spent nearly 25 years in the Kingdom.

According to The Hindu newspaper, when reports of his death reached his home in the south Indian state of Kerala, finishing touches were being given to his new home at Panayapilly, near Mattancherry.

Having spent 25 years in Saudi Arabia, he wished to shift his family to the new house. “His biggest dream was to settle in his hometown,” Rashid, Farooq’s son-in-law, told Indian newspapers.

Farooq, who worked as an airconditioning mechanic in Jazan, took his wife Nadira and five daughters to Saudi Arabia about 16 years ago.

His elder daughter, Fazida, was married off to Rashid, a businessman settled in Fort Kochi, a few years ago. On Friday morning, Rashid first received a telephone call from one of his relatives in Saudi Arabia.

“The caller said Farooq was grievously injured in a shell attack by Houthi rebels from across the border in Yemen. About an hour later, I got another call confirming his death,” Rashid said.

Farooq had shifted all his four daughters and wife to a safe place.