Last week, Masood Rana from Bangladesh was excited to join his elder brother’s company in Al Ain and work with him, little realising his bid to improve career prospects would end in tragedy in a few days.

His elder brother Khurshid Alam, 25, was pronounced dead Monday in the horrific bus crash in Al Ain.

Their father Mohammad Idris, who is in his late fifties and also works in Al Ain, was desperately searching for information on Rana yesterday, as reported by Gulf News. Rana was on the same bus as his brother and both were travelling to their worksite on Monday morning.

His search came to a tragic end yesterday when officials identified Rana’s body - it was cut into two.

Idris, his family and friends are in shock and are having have a tough time to come to terms with the reality, a Bangladeshi Embassy official told Gulf News yesterday.

Rana, 23, was working with a company as a construction worker, said Latheeful Kazmi, Labour Counselor at the embassy. But his elder brother Alam, a supervisor at another company, invited Rana to join the latter’s firm for better prospects.

Rana joined Alam’s company last week, excited about what he considered a better job prospect.

With the elder brother being a supervisor, Idris thought the younger son would work with him comfortably and learn new skills, Kazmi said. “But it’s very unfortunate that his initiative to provide a better job to his younger brother ended up in such a tragedy,” he said.

“Their colleagues said the brothers enjoyed working together and commuting on the same bus - but that didn’t even last a week,” said Kazmi.

“Among the unidentified bodies, two bodies were seen cut into two. One was identified as Rana’s body as he was wearing a metal ring on his finger,” Kazmi said.

“With the identification of Rana’s body, the total number of Bangladeshis who died in the crash has gone up to 19,” he said. The death toll remains the same at 24.

“The other body [among those cut into two] is also believed to be of a Bangladeshi, but we are waiting to confirm it after a fingerprint test being done by the authorities,” said Kazmi.

The embassy expects to start repatriating the bodies on Sunday, provided all official formalities are completed, Kazmi said. “We will start sending six or seven bodies a day,” he said.

The embassy is in touch with Abu Dhabi Police, which will coordinate with the companies of the workers for repatriation.

As per the labour law, the companies have to bear the cost of the repatriation, he said.