Vellore, July 14 -- The mortal remains of Vinayakumar (45), a resident of Vellore who died in a tourist boat accident in Vietnam, reached his residence in Vellore on Tuesday, where family members, relatives and locals paid their final respects.

The body of Vinayakumar, a resident of Kannika Parameswari Koil Street in Saidapet, Vellore city, was brought to Chennai from Vietnam and later transported by ambulance to his native place.

Vinayakumar had travelled to Vietnam as part of a South India tour organised by Lava. He lost his life after the tourist boat he was travelling in met with an accident, leaving his family members devastated.

His relatives had earlier appealed to the Central and Tamil Nadu governments to expedite the repatriat...