10 BIG things about KG Abraham, owner of Kuwaiti building that caught fire killing 45 Indians

Within hours of being reported for the first time, the news of the death of 45 Indian workers in a Kuwait building sent shockwaves all around the world.  

In a tragic, but ultimately avoidable accident that went down at the dawn of Wednesday, around 195 men residing in a six-storey building in southern Kuwait’s Mangaf, were killed in their sleep when a kitchen fire engulfed an apartment building that housed labourers from India, Pakistan, Nepal and other countries..

Among the 45 Indians killed in Kuwait building fire, 19 were from Kerala and fiver were from Tamil Nadu. The other three are of Filipino nationality, while the work is underway to determine the identity of the last body.

More from India

'First Assam visit after Op Sindoor': PM Modi inaugurates projects worth Rs 18,530 cr India to host fifth Coast Guard Global Summit in Chennai in 2027

The building in question, which violated several safety regulations was on lease to KG Abraham, a Kuwait-based Malayali businessman.

Who is KG Abraham, owner of Kuwait building that caught fire?

1 - KG Abraham is the partner and managing director of the NBTC group which owns the Kuwait building that was gutted in fire. They are one of the largest construction groups in the Gulf country.

2 - Abraham, a 69-year-old businessman from Thiruvalla’s Niranam in Pathanamthitta, has been based in Kuwait for almost four decades.

3 - When he was 22, Abraham left for Kuwait with a diploma in civil engineering and steadily began establishing his business empire there.  

Impact Shorts

More Shorts

'New dawn': PM Modi meets Manipur violence victims in first visit since 2023 unrest

CP Radhakrishnan takes oath as Vice President of India

4 - Abraham started his career by working in a company called Badha and Musairi for 60 dinars, a report by Kerala Kaumudi said. After working there for about seven years, he started his own firm and started by taking up little construction projects.

5 - Abraham reportedly has assets worth Rs 4,000 crore. He also has a supermarket chain called Highway Centre in Kuwait.  

6 - He is even popularly known as KGA. Abraham is also the founder and chairman of KGA Group which is based in Kuwait. The KGA Group is majorly into oil and allied industries, which operate under the name Naser M Al Baddah & Partner Gen. Trading. & Contracting. Co. W.L.L. (NBTC).  

7 - In Kerala, Abraham owns Crowne Plaza, the five-star hotel in Kochi, and also has investments in several other major projects.  

8 - As per a report in Times of India, Abraham had also financed and promoted the Malayalam blockbuster ‘Aadujeevitham’ starring Prithviraj.

9 - During the 2018 and 2019 Kerala floods, he was a massive support to the people of the state and helped those in distress.  

10 - Last year, Abraham landed in controversy for criticising the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in Kerala for swindling money from the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund.