<p>New Delhi: Ninety-eight Indians have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage of Haj to Mecca, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.</p><p>MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said total deaths of Indians in the entire Haj period last year were 187.</p><p>"This year, 1,75000 Indian pilgrims visited Mecca for Haj. The Haj period is from May 9 to July 22. This year, till now, 98 deaths have been reported," he said.</p>.Two Haj pilgrims from Bengaluru die amid lethal heatwave in Saudi Arabia .<p>"The deaths have been due to natural causes, chronic illnesses, and old age. Six people died on the day of Arafat and four were accident-related deaths," Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing.</p><p>The MEA spokesperson was responding to a question on the deaths of Indians during Haj.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Ninety-eight Indians have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage of Haj to Mecca, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.</p><p>MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said total deaths of Indians in the entire Haj period last year were 187.</p><p>"This year, 1,75000 Indian pilgrims visited Mecca for Haj. The Haj period is from May 9 to July 22. This year, till now, 98 deaths have been reported," he said.</p>.Two Haj pilgrims from Bengaluru die amid lethal heatwave in Saudi Arabia .<p>"The deaths have been due to natural causes, chronic illnesses, and old age. Six people died on the day of Arafat and four were accident-related deaths," Jaiswal said at his weekly media briefing.</p><p>The MEA spokesperson was responding to a question on the deaths of Indians during Haj.</p>