Father dies before son’s birthday, CG youth lost in desert due to GPS failure
Durg: Shahzad Khan (29), a resident of Sector-7, Bhilai, who had gone to work in Saudi Arabia, died after getting trapped in a desert storm. He died due to scorching heat in the sand. Saudi police recovered the body four days later. After this, it was sent to Hyderabad. The family performed the last rites in their native village on Thursday, September 12.
Shahzad’s uncle Amanullah Khan said that he was taking care of him since his father’s death. Shahzad is married. He has two children. He came to his home in Sector-7, Road-26, Quarter-9B one and a half years ago. His father worked in BSP. Shahzad was working as a surveyor in a tele-communication company in Al Hufuf, Saudi Arabia for seven years. During his job, he lived in Dammam. The company had sent him and his Sudanese friend to the desert for survey.
Both the employees left in their car through Sudan on August 19. They had also kept a GPS tracker for fear of getting lost. Suddenly the GPS signal of their car failed and they got stuck in the desert. Meanwhile, due to a storm in the desert, they lost their way.
Both of them kept searching for the way for three days, but could not find their destination. Meanwhile, the petrol in their car ran out and the battery of the phone died. Shahzad and his friend died without food and water in the hot sand for three days. Shahzad’s entire body turned black like coal due to the hot sand.
Amanullah told that, when Shahzad did not return to the office, the company people started searching for both of them. Two helicopters of the company reached the desert to look for him. When he was not found, four helicopters were sent the next day. Three days later, on August 22, his car was seen in the middle of the desert.
When the company people went near the car, Shahzad and his friend were found lying dead. After this, the bodies of both were brought to the Saudi city. After the complete procedure here, Shahzad’s body was sent to India’s Hyderabad airport.
