Pasupuleti Krishna (38), who works as a watchman, wanted to see his
son as an IPS officer. But the hope died with his 16-year-old son,
Omkar, who left this world on his birth day on Friday when his bike hit
an oil tanker. Omkar had been an active NCC cadet since his
childhood because he thought exposure to NCC would help him reach his
goal of becoming an IPS officer. A day after after Omkar’s death
in a road accident, grief-stricken parents and other members of the
family could not control their emotion while narrating how he hard he
was working to reach his goal. “All our family members hoped to
see Omkar do well academically and reach great heights professionally.
Omkar’s father Krishna took special interest in him and encouraged him
to secure a good score in Class X whose final examinations will commence
on March 22. In the early hours of Friday, we received the bitter news
that Omkar met with an accident and we were asked to go to police
station to identify the body,’’ said P Ramesh, the boy’s uncle. All
the family members and relatives participated in Omkar’s birthday
celebrations at his house on Thursday. On that day, as usual, he went to
school and had a gala time with his friends. On Thursday, Omkar
celebrated his birthday in his class. After finishing study hours around
late in the night, Omkar and his two friends Harikrishna and Baghavan
Reddy on their way to Uppal to get a cake to celebrate his birthday
again. As the bike on which they were triple riding reached the Uppal
bus stop, a Indian Oil tanker hit the bike and Omkar died on the spot.
Harikrishna and Baghavan Reddy too died later while undergoing treatment
at a private hospital. Despite struggling to make both ends
meet, Krishna and his wife Lavanya, who runs a laundry unit at Medipally
village, managed to save money for the education of their children
Omkar and Neha. Neha is studying engineering. To reach his goal of becoming a police officer Omkar joined the NCC
and attended camps in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and other places. He was
very a brilliant student,’’ recalled M Suresh, a relative.
By Moule Mareedu
moulimareedu@gmail.com
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