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Meerut fire: Valiant Javed succumbs, will never see his board result
Meerut | April 13, 2006 9:16:35 PM IST
A young Javed Khan whose valour act during Monday's Meerut fire tragedy, that saved the life of eight children, today succumbed to his burns. In Delhi's Safdurjung Hospital where he was brought on Wednesday, Javed breathed his last. The 18-year-old boy, who had just completed his class twelve board exams before he made the fateful trip to Meerut to earn some money, working in the stalls of the Consumer Brand Fair held in Meerut's Victoria Park, would never be able to see the result of his board exam. As doctors told about Javed's demise to his parents, hell broke loose on the Khan's family as they turned inconsolable. His family's hoped had risen yesterday when he was brought to Delhi from Meerut's Jaswant Rai Hospital where he was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and put on a ventilator. Today amidst the grim atmosphere, questions were asked why Javed was shifted to Safdurjang two days later, when chances of his burns getting infected were very high. With close to 80 percent burns with multiple fractures, Javed became synonym to the courage and an icon of humanity after he went inside the burning tents to get back the two children he found caught in the blazing fire. After his first successful attempt he moved on again and again bruised and burned to save the minors till he himself became a victim of the horrendous flare that had engulfed scores of people. Resident of Mandavali in Delhi, Javed had convinced his parents before moving to Meerut to work in a stall that sold health products. The Uttar Pradesh government announced that Javed would be posthumously rewarded with rupees five lakh. Meanwhile, officials in Meerut said that they have launched a manhunt for the organizers of the consumer fair. The Uttar Pradesh Government has already ordered a judicial probe into Monday's fire. By Sudhakar (ANI)
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