jalandhar a punjabi moneylender jaswant singh 49 died in manila after remaining in coma for over seven months jaswant whose 22yearold son jasmeet was shot dead in the philippines on august 3 died on december 8 originally from jalandhar jaswant died on the day the union ministry of external affairs mea informed north american punjabi association napa about the issue of meeting the financial costs for transporting him lying here jaswant was hospitalized in de la salle university medical center hospital philippines members of jaswants family here said they had already exhausted all funds while meeting the expenses on his treatment and transporting his sons body back home they said diwan khalsa philippines was arranging to send the body back we were left with no money at all after my father went into coma and then my brother was shot dead we have been literally left with no money and could not afford to bring him back even though we wanted to attend to him when he was in coma jaswants daughter ratnanjli said on sunday napa executive director satnam singh chahal had written to external affairs minister satnam singh chahal on november 12 that jaswants wife pardeep kaur had sought help in bringing back her sick husband he said that neither the government nor the indian embassy officials had responded to the familys appeals mea undersecretary pooja v vernekar wrote back to chahal on december 8 saying as per our embassy in manila jaswant singh had a flourishing micro finance business for the past 1517 years his rented independent residence at a good neighbourhood in cavite and the funding of his late sons education in the us testifies to the fact that the family is financially sound and capable of bearing the financial cost of sending jaswant singh back to lndia from manila the undersecretary added in addition brother of the patient is himself a doctor who can escort jaswant back to lndia the diwan khalsa in manila is willing to help as much as possible vernekar added while assuring monitoring by the embassy and consular assistance now diwan khalsa is making all arrangements including financial to send his body back said ratnanjli who is a class 12 student here she said they were initially told that her father had slipped into a coma after suffering a head injury in a fall on the steps but we suspect that it was a case of foul play she added jasmeet had left his studies in us midway and gone to manila to nurse his ailing father however he was shot by robbers on august 3 mea and government of punjab failed to help the family in distress at least the punjab chief minister should now help the family to get his body back as they are left with no income said chahal