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Girish Pattanashetti

Naveen went to Ukraine as he couldn’t secure medical seat despite 97% marks: Father

Locals gather at the residence of Naveen Shekharappa, a final year medical student, who passed away due to Russian shelling in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, at Chalageri village in Haveri on Tuesday. (Source: PTI)

“Despite scoring 97% in PUC, my son could not secure a medical seat in the State. It became inevitable for us to send him to Ukraine for studies. But we lost him,” a distraught Shekarappa said referring to the tragic death of his son Naveen in Ukraine.

Naveen, a fourth-year MBBS student who died in the Russian attack in Kharkiv, was a native of Chalageri village in Ranebennur taluk of Haveri district.

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