Dubai, Jan 25: A prominent businessman from Karnataka’s Ballari died while his wife suffered critical injuries in a ghastly road mishap in Dubai.
The victim has been identified as Dinesh Kawad (40). His wife Neetu Jain (37) is fighting for her life in the ICU of Rashid Hospital, said Kesar Kothari, chairman of Rajasthan Business and Professional Group (RBPG) in Dubai.
The tragedy took place when the van they were travelling collided with a speeding truck near Al Aweer area on Emirates Road around 4.30pm.
There were many tourists on board the van driven by a Pakistani (23), who also died in the mishap. The victims of the accident were heading for a desert safari arranged for tourists, it emerged on Tuesday.
Initial investigation by Dubai Police showed the bus driver did not leave safe distance between the vehicles, leading to the crash.
“The couple, who had migrated to Karnataka from Rajasthan many years ago, came on a trip to Dubai leaving their two children back home,” said Kothari. He said a relative of Kawad called the RBPG officials seeking help for the couple.
“We visited the hospital and coordinated with the Indian Consulate to help them with the paper work,” he said.
The Indian Consulate in Dubai said it has completed all formalities for the repatriation of Kawad’s body. “We are trying to send his body home either at night or early morning,” said Kawad.
Quoting hospital sources, he said an Italian woman in the tourist group, who was believed to be three months pregnant, also succumbed to injuries. The Italian woman’s partner and a Chinese couple who were also in the van survived with minor injuries.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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Very sad may almighty bless his family to bear the loss.death will appear even we are not killed someone,then how a man can escape his own death if he killed someone innocent.
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