India's Palestine envoy Mukul Arya found dead inside Indian mission in Ramallah

India's representative to Palestine Mukul Arya was found dead inside the Indian Mission in Ramallah on Sunday.

It was not immediately known how he died.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has expressed shock over the death of the diplomat.

The top leadership of Palestine on Sunday expressed shock at the death of Mukul Arya at his workplace. The Palestinian foreign ministry said it received with "great astonishment and shock" the news of the death of Ambassador Arya.

A 2008-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Arya had served in the Indian embassies in Kabul and Moscow.

He also served at the Permanent Delegation of India to the UNESCO in Paris.

Arya also had a stint at the headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.

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