DUBAI: According to reports coming out of Saudi Arabia, some 19 Indians performing the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina have died of unreported causes, government officials said on Saturday. They are out of over 61,000 Indians who have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj. No official has specifically stated how they died. Of the total number of pilgrims who have already flown in from India, 27,487 are in Mecca and 34,345 are in Madinah, according to Consulate General of India in Jeddah. “So far 223 flights have come from India and 8,177 pilgrims have moved from Makkah to Madinah. As of today, 19 pilgrims have expired, out of which 15 came through Haj Committee of India and four through private tour operators,” the consulate statement said. A maximum number of 20,268 have come from Delhi while 10,128 have come from Lucknow. Another 6,977 have flown out of Hyderabad while 8,400 have come from Kozhikode, the statement added. BM