Kashmir accident; natives drowned in tears; bodies to be brought home today

PALAKKAD: Four best friends who loved travelling went to the place of no return together. Those four people were Anil, Sudheesh, Rahul and Vignesh who would have been at the forefront of any need in their native place. While the desire of years to enjoy the beauty of Kashmir Valley was coming true, the car carrying seven people, including the driver, overturned into a gorge. All the 13 people in the group are completely ordinary people. Four families lost their breadwinners because of the accident. The 13 people who have always stood by their native land's every need went on the trip with the money they had collected from chitty earnings. Except Vignesh, the other three are married. Rahul and Sudheesh got married recently. Rahul's wife is 7 months pregnant. He said he would come back after 10 days. In the tragedy of four of them, an entire land is weeping without being able to hold back its tears. They were travelling in two cars.

Body to reach home by afternoon

The post-mortem procedures of the four deceased have been completed. The bodies will be brought to Srinagar today morning. From there it will be taken to Coimbatore by air. Then it will be brought to the respective homes by road. A special team has been formed to coordinate the proceedings. A team consisting of Delhi NORCA officer and Kerala House officials arrived in Jammu and Kashmir. The relatives said that the funeral rites will be decided as soon as the bodies are released.

Gone are the children of Nedungode

These young men from Nedungode were different. They were rich in love. They were brought together by Tamil actor Vijay's films and love for travel. Part of their earnings were saved for travelling. However, they used to gladly give their earnings if a needy or sick requested it. They used to keep saving more money for their next trip.

Two brothers from three families were in the travelling party. Anil's brother Sunil and Sudheesh's brother Sujeev were in the vehicle following the first vehicle. Deceased Rahul's brother Rajesh and his friend Manoj, who were in the same vehicle, escaped with injuries. They are being treated in a hospital. The other five were in a vehicle following the first vehicle.

Anil died before he could play with his baby, who was only days old. Anil's daughter's noolukettu was only two weeks ago. Anil's elder son is four-year-old Ashwin. Anil's death came before his wife Soumya and children, who had gone to their home in Nenmara to give birth, returned home.

The family was looked after by Anil and his brother Sunil, who lost their dad at a young age. Both of them, who were construction workers, were the sole breadwinners of the house.