'Thank God, I Didn't Go For Breakfast,' Recalls An Indian After Blasts In Sri Lanka
Indian Jugal Kishore Khetawat was making calls to Colombo relentlessly to enquire about the well-being of his staff. Chelvadurai Harendran the supervisor of the group&rsquos project in Sri Lankan capital was staying at Shangri-La Hotel which was one of the hotels targeted Five Indians have also their lives in the blasts.
When the world was left aghast and taken aback by the news of blasts in Sri Lanka leaving scores dead and injured, an Indian, Jugal Kishore Khetawat, was making calls to Colombo relentlessly to enquire about the well-being of his staff.
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The founder chairman of Rameswara Group Enterprise, Khetawat is in infrastructure sector in Colombo and as soon as the news broke out, he call repeatedly to enquire about Chelvadurai Harendran, the supervisor of the group¡¯s project in Sri Lankan capital. He was staying at Shangri-La Hotel which was one of the hotels targeted. Five Indians have also their lives in the blasts,
Harendran said, "I was supposed to go to the hotel's restaurant for breakfast. But today, I just didn't feel like. I decided to have it in the lounge. After finishing my meal, I went to the room to take my medicines. And it is then that the explosions occurred. It was deafening."
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News18 spoke to Harendran as well as to Khetawat. The world leaders have condemned the blasts including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, there was "no place for such barbarism in our region". "India stands in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka. My thoughts are with the bereaved families and prayers with the injured," he said.
