Mukul Arya, India's Palestine Envoy, Found Dead At Indian Mission

The Palestinian foreign ministry said it received with "great astonishment and shock" the news of the death of Ambassador Arya.

Mukul Arya, India's representative at the Palestinian city of Ramallah, has died, according to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday.

"Deeply shocked to learn about the passing away of India's Representative at Ramallah, Shri Mukul Arya," Mr Jaishankar tweeted.

"He was a bright and talented officer with so much before him. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones. Om Shanti," he said.

It was not immediately known how Arya, a 2008-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, died.