Hyderabad, April 16 -- A Hyderabad man is battling for life in a coma in Saudi Arabia, with his family at risk of being forced to leave as their visas near expiry.

An appeal has been submitted to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar seeking intervention to extend the visas on humanitarian grounds.

The request was raised by Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) spokesperson Amjed Ullah Khan regarding Zia Ul Hassan, a resident of Aghapura, who suffered a cardiac arrest on March 17 and remains in critical condition at a hospital in Al Khobar.

He requires constant medical attention and is not fit to travel, according to the letter dated Thursday, April 16.

In the absence of immediate family members locally, his brother, Shamsul, travelled to Saud...