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Driving lessons on 2nd floor kills 14-year-old
MUMBAI: A 14-year-old boy and his family driver died on Wednesday when the car in which they were practising driving fell into a car lift shaft of a 22-storey residential building in Nagpada around 12.30 pm.
Police said the boy, Hafeez Patel, was taking driving lessons from Javed Ahmed Shaikh (26) on the spacious second floor of the building, Iqbal Heights. While reversing, the boy crashed the car into the elevator gate and plunged it into the shaft. The elevator at the time was on the third floor.
A police official said Patel’s family, which resides in the building, approached the police around 5.30 pm to lodge a missing person complaint. “We started tracking the boy’s mobile phone and traced it through GPS to the building. It was only around this time that the watchman figured out that a car had fallen into the lift shaft.”
The car lift hadn’t been used in a long time and so, no one found the two earlier, said the official.
Both Patel and Shaikh were taken to Wokhardt Hospital near the Agripada police station around 7.30 pm. A doctor from the hospital told mid-day that both were declared brought dead. Around 8.30 pm, the bodies were taken to Nair Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Patel lived in Iqbal Heights with his parents and two sisters. Patel’s father is a cousin of Rafeeq Patel, the owner of Dudhwala Builders. A member of Iqbal Heights society said at the time of the accident, the boy’s mother was at home. The worried family decided to approach the police when repeated calls to Patel’s phone went unanswered.
Shaikh, who resided in Byculla with his parents and an elder brother, was to get married in a month. His uncle, Hassan, told mid-day that the family was in the middle of preparations for the wedding.
As news of the accident spread, around 50 people thronged the building. Over 100 others stood at the post-mortem examination centre. More than 25 police personnel and a mobile van were deployed till the end of the post-mortem examination.
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Foodman Vishal Singh Honored for Hunger Free World Mission in Bangkok
Lucknow: Vishal Singh, a renowned social worker from Lucknow, also known as Foodman, has once again made India proud. He was honored by the Happy Hands Gloves Cooperative Limited Company in Korathai, Thailand, for his work with the Hunger Free World Mission.
The Hunger Free World Mission’s meeting was held in Korathai, Thailand, under Vishal Singh’s leadership. Representatives from several countries, including Mr. Raja Dwivedi (Managing Director of Happy Hands Gloves Limited), Thailand Coordinator Mr. Raja Mishra, and member Mr. Varun Singh, attended the event.
Under Vishal Singh’s leadership, the attendees took a pledge to work together toward creating a hunger-free world.
Speaking on the occasion, Vishal Singh explained that the main goal of the Hunger Free World Mission is social participation. He said the mission is not just about feeding people but also about meeting other basic needs of those who are struggling. The mission focuses on helping families of terminally ill patients in hospitals by providing food and shelter. It also works to fulfill essential needs like education, jobs, and care for the elderly.
For the last 16 years, the Vijay Sri Foundation has been providing free services, benefiting thousands of people. Vishal Singh highlighted that the mission aims to gain global recognition like other organizations such as WHO, WWF, and Red Cross, which work for social causes.
During this meeting, Vishal Singh was appointed as the Chairman of the Hunger Free World Mission by representatives from various countries. They also discussed holding regular meetings in different countries to push the mission forward.
Business tycoon Dr. Abhishek Verma has also supported this humanitarian mission, vowing to promote the idea of “Seva Parmo Dharma” (Service is the highest duty) worldwide. Vishal Singh praised him, stating that people like Dr .Abhishek Verma inspire others to work for the betterment of society.
Recently, Romania’s Ambassador, Mr . Daniela Sezonov Ţane, invited Vishal Singh to the Romanian Embassy in Delhi, where they discussed the mission in detail. Impressed by his humanitarian work, she honored Vishal Singh and invited him to Romania to take the mission forward .
Food man Vishal Singh has been serving the people of India for the past 16 years. Through the Vijay Sri Foundation, he provides free meals to cancer patients & their families ,shelter, and education for women & children along with running free old-age homes in Lucknow.
In addition to his humanitarian work, Vishal Singh also addresses issues like crime and corruption through his role as Chairman of Seva Path Media and Managing Director of Vijay Sri Foundation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Vishal Singh and his team worked tirelessly to provide food and help to the needy, including starving children, elderly citizens, and pregnant women. Despite contracting the virus himself, he continued to assist others after his recovery. He even created a life-saving oxygen regulator using household items, which was praised by doctors both in India and abroad.
In his address at the meeting, Vishal Singh spoke about his mission to create a hunger-free world. He pointed out that India’s large population, along with issues like unemployment and poverty, has caused the country to fall on the Hunger Index. He urged people to contribute just one handful of grains daily to help create a hunger-free world.
He concluded by saying that through social participation, we can empower the people around us, meet their basic needs, and work together to build a stronger, more prosperous, and developed society.