Tribune News ServiceHyderabad, April 30
The family of K. Suryanarayan has been numbed by the news of his killing. His shocked wife Manjula fainted on hearing about her husband’s death.
His parents, wife and three children, who had been awaiting some news at their Malkajgiri residence since yesterday, were least prepared for the bad tidings.
“What has he done to deserve this,” an inconsolable Manjula repeatedly asked everybody around her. What will happen to my children, how will they live without their father? she kept saying hysterically.
The large number of visitors who gathered at the house could barely contain their tears at the tragedy that had befallen the young engineer’s family.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who visited the family’s residence and consoled them, announced Rs 5 lakh compensation and a job to a member of the family.
Suryanarayan, who hails from Warangal district, is the only son of his parents who live with his wife and children.
His elder daughter Anisha is studying Class 9, her sister Manisha in Class 6, while their brother Ravi Teja is in the kindergarten.
Earlier, Suryanarayan’s parents along with wife met the Chief Minister at his official residence to plead for his safe release.
Even as they were eagerly waiting to know of the efforts of the Centre to negotiate with the kidnappers, news channels flashed the news of the killing.
Regional Passport Officer Bala Bhaskar, who visited the family, said Suryanarayan’s body would be flown in by a special flight tomorrow evening.
Suryanarayan’s brother-in-law Krishna alleged that the company Suryanarayan was working for deliberately failed to give proper response to their queries.
The Indian Government too did not react with any alacrity, he said with anguish.
Leaders belonging to various political parties, including the Congress, the TDP, the TRS and the BJP, called on the family to express their condolences.
CPI and CPM leaders S. Sudhakar Reddy and B.V. Raghavulu asked the Centre to formulate a clear policy on Indians working in troubled spots like Afghanistan.
