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| Iqbal Khanday's son dies in road accident on highway | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 18: Senior IAS officer and Principal Secretary Agriculture Production Mohammad Iqbal Khanday's only son, 27-year-old Saajid Iqbal, died in a road accident when he was driving back to Srinagar from Anantnag at around 1.00 a.m last night. He was returning to home after attending a marriage ceremony in Anantnag.
SP Awantipore, Mohammad Irshad, told Early Times that Sajid's Alto JK02 A-8244 appeared to have swerved to extreme end of the motorway near Chhachhkoot village and crashed into a poplar tree, killing him on spot. He seemed to be traveling alone in the silver colour Alto. His dead body was recovered late in the night and placed at Police Station Pampore for necessary medico-legal formalities.
DIG South Kadhmir Shafqat Watali, who is husband of Khanday's sister-in-law, was among the first who reached Pampore early this morning. Arrangements were immediately made to send a state helicopter to get Khanday from Chandigarh. He was reportedly in the Punjab capital to pursue a case CBI has chargesheeted against him in 2006.
Sources said that Sajid had lately joined an NGO after completing his degree in law in Pune and thereafter practicing for about two years in Jammu. His only sister, Sehar Iqbal, had also worked with Agha Khan Foundation before joining Mufti Sayeed's Peoples Democratic Part and contesting her maiden Assembly elections, unsuccessfully, from the home constituency of Kokernag in November 2008.
Dogged by tragedies and controversies, one of the state's most competent bureaucrats Khanday is an extremely high profile IAS officer. He is married to former Public Service Commission Chairman Shamsuddin Ganai's daughter, Kaneez Fatima, who is currently a Principal District and Sessions Judge and posted as Registrar Judicial in J&K High Court. The couple is closely related to over 50 high ranking bureaucrats, judges, IAS and KAS officers, besides academics and Police officers.
Who’s who of the state’s bureaucracy, politics and judiciary converged at Khanday’s official residence at Sonwarbagh even before the senior IAS officer arrived in from Chandigarh. They included Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, NC’s President and union Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah and former Chief Minister and PDP President Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Hundreds of people including Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, Union Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, PDP President, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and others later participated in the Namaz-e-janazah at Sher-e-Kashmir Park. Almost all judges of J&K High Court, including Chief Justice, F M Ibrahim Kalifullah, Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir, Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir and Justice Hasnain Masoodi, besides most of the Cabinet and State ministers, bureaucrats and politicians participated in the funeral prayers. Sajid was later laid to eternal rest at a graveyard at Humhama, near Srinagar Airport.
High Court Bar Association suspended its work in courts as a mark of respect to Advocate Sajid who was a member of the Bar. Almost all the prominent political leaders, Ministers and men and women from all walks of life issued condolence statements.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed shock over the sad and tragic demise of Sajid. Omar visited the bereaved family, stayed there for some time, consoled them and expressed his solidarity and sympathy. He prayed for peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear the great loss of their young son.
Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and its President, Mehbooba Mufti expressed shock and grief over the demise of Sajid. In a condolence massage they expressed sympathies with the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul.
Pradesh Congress Committee President and Union Minsiter, Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz expressed deepest anguish at the demise of Sajid. He offered heartfelt condolences to Mohammad Iqbal Khandey and Kaneez Fatima Registrar Judicial J&K High Court and other members of the bereaved family.
Prof. Soz prayed to the God to grant strength to the bereaved family to bear this great loss.
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