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AHMEDABAD: Indian high commissioner in New Zealand has declared that five Indian nationals, including a man from Ahmedabad Maheboob Khokhar, have died in the Christchurch mosque attack. Imran also told me that the authorities there did not take him to identify the body,” said Hafeez. Imran went to New Zealand in 2010 for higher studies and set up a courier and transport services company in Phillipstown after his course.At least one gunman killed 49 persons and wounded more than 40 during the Friday prayers at two mosques in Christchurch. “Forget about getting bodies, the family members were yet to see the dead bodies,” he added.Hafeez said that New Zealand authorities will first conduct DNA tests before handing over the bodies to the families of the deceased persons.Maheboob had retired as deputy engineer with the GEB five years ago. Mehboob was wounded when he went to the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch for Friday prayers.Maheboob’s son-in-law, Hafeez Khokhar, said that Imran is yet to receive any information about his father’s death from the authorities in New Zealand.“I talked to Imran who told me that the authorities did not declare anything officially and they are saying that they would take at least two days to finish the procedure..