When a parent dies, you lose your past; when a child dies, you lose your future. —Anonymous
Rasiklal and Sushila Vora are inconsolable as they try to come to terms with the tragic death of their son Darshan and his wife. They are, however, grateful that their grandson Het, who is admitted in a government hospital in Srinagar, had a miraculous escape.
Ten tourists from Ahmedabad, including four children, plunged to their death when the Tata Sumo car they were travelling in skidded off the road and feel into a 1,500-foot gorge at the dangerous Captain Morh on the Sonamarg-Drass road on Sunday evening. The deceased — in addition to Darshan Vora (29) and his wife Anjali (27), residents of Kharwad Vas at Sarkhej gaam — are Rajesh Shah (37), Asmita Shah (32), Parshal Shah (10), Parshw Shah (8), Chirag Thakkar (33), Sunita Thakkar (33), Dhyey Thakkar (9) and Kunj Thakkar (3).
As the news of the fatal accident spread like wildfire, relatives and friends of the victims rushed to the families’ homes. The Shah household was not ready to accept the fact that their son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren — residents of Tilak-II Apartments at Mithakali — had been killed. The situation at the home remained tense as the Shahs’ relatives and friends prevented media personnel from entering, since Rajesh’s elderly parents had not been informed of their loss yet.
“At around 1.30 pm on Sunday, Rajeshbhai called his brother Vipul, telling him that they had reached Sonamarg and will go sightseeing in the evening. He said that his children were enjoying the trip, but that they missed their grandparents,” said Shaileshbhai, a relative of the Shahs. Rajesh Shah dealt in Nokia mobile phones and owned a shop on
Relief road; his children studied at Sarvyogam School.
At the Vora home at Sarkhej gaam, a similar situation prevailed. Pratik Vora, a cousin of Darshan Vora, said, “Darshan was a pure gentleman and never missed an opportunity to help others. He was popular in the area for this nature of his.” Shah had run a mobile shop, Arihant Communications, at Sanand chowkdi. He had also worked at an agent for Max Life Insurance and had recently been sent to Singapore as a reward for achieving his targets, Pratik said. Rajesh Shah and Darshan Vora had known each other as they had been business friends, a source said.
Meanwhile, at the home of the Thakkars at Govindwadi in Isanpur, the family mourned the death of four of its members with whom they had recently celebrated Diwali. The family was inconsolable and refused to meet mediapersons.
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