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Accident victim's body flown to Pakistan
Tipu killed at traffic signal near school was potential UAE under-17 cricket team member.
- By Aftab Kazmi, Bureau Chief
- Published: 23:46 December 30, 2008
- Faisal Javed alias Tipu (extreme left) is with his brothers and father at his home in an old family picture.
- Image Credit: ae-081230-tipu
Al Ain: The body of a potential UAE under-17 cricket team member killed on Monday at a traffic signal was on Tuesday flown to native Pakistan.
Faisal Javed Khan alias Tipu, an 11th grade student of Al Daffrah School, was crossing the road in front of his school at a designated area at about 10.30am when a car allegedly jumping a red signal knocked him down.
A pall of gloom cloaked Tipu's residence in Nayadat district yesterday as friends and relatives awaited the completion of formalities to send the body to Pakistan.
A large number of Tipu's friends, relatives, and members of the expatriate community, many of them with tears in their eyes, visited his house.
His mother was still in a state of shock and disbelief.
"He was a brilliant and highly disciplined kid, we will never forget him," said Imran Hussain, who used to coach him at a cricket academy. He said Tipu had been among three children, who could have been selected for the UAE under-17 cricket team that would go to Nepal.
"We are all shocked and grieved over the tragic death of Tipu," said Hussain. He said Tipu was equally good in his studies as in games and was a good friend with well-behaved and refined manners.
Javed Khan, the father of the deceased boy, said Tipu's death was a loss that he could not come to grips with. "It's a lifelong scar right at my heart and I have to live with it," he said in a weak voice.
Family friends said, Tipu was the youngest of Khan's three sons.
Responsibility
"I remember Javed [Khan] saying that he had been grooming Tipu to be an exemplary person, who not only shows an all-time readiness to help others but also gives an excellent performance in his responsibilities," said Iqtedar Ali, a close family friend.
The tragedy has shattered the dreams and life of Khan. He criticised the school for allowing students to go out of its premises. It is the school's responsibility to take care of its students when they arrive there, he said. "Their slackness has cost me the life of my beloved child," he said.
Gulf News contacted the school but access to principal for comments was denied.
Salem Abdul Aziz Al Khetheri, Director of Al Ain Education Zone, expressed his grief and said the student might have got an opportunity to get out of the school due to the examinations. "Schools have the instructions to keep the students inside their premises," he added.
Al Khetheri said traffic police has recently installed several pedestrian crossings on the road and as planning to install more speed-monitoring cameras. "We and the police have been taking all possible safety measures," he said. He said the authorities will also be checking the location of a grocery in the vicinity that where students like to hang out. A large number of students from different schools cross the road to buy drinks, chocolates, and chips.
Tipu's body was sent to his native place after his family and friends offered funeral prayers at Kuwaitat district.
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