Tamil Nadu desk tennis participant Vishwa Deenadayalan, 18, dies in accident en path to Shillong

Vishwa Deenadayalan, an 18-year-old desk tennis participant from Tamil Nadu, died in a highway accident whereas travelling from Guwahati to Shillong. The 18-year-old was travelling together with three different teammates by taxi from Guwahati to Shillong for the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships, starting in Shillong on Monday.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju took to social media to convey his condolences on Deenadayalan Vishwa’s demise on Sunday.

Very unhappy to study that younger Table Tennis participant from Tamil Nadu, Deenadayalan Vishwa died in an accident at Ri-Bhoi in Meghalaya whereas on his method to Shillong to take part within the 83rd Senior National Table Tennis Championship. My deepest condolences to his household. RIP pic.twitter.com/eaUweRzdiC

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) April 17, 2022

“Very sad to learn that young Table Tennis player from Tamil Nadu, Deenadayalan Vishwa died in an accident at Ri-Bhoi in Meghalaya while on his way to Shillong to participate in the 83rd Senior National Table Tennis Championship. My deepest condolences to his family. RIP,” Union Minister tweeted.

A 12-wheel trailer, coming from the wrong way, ploughed by way of the highway divider and hit the taxi at Shangbangla, simply after the Umliy verify put up, and plunged into the gorge. The taxi driver died on the spot, and Vishwa earlier than reaching the Nongpoh Civil Hospital. The medical doctors declared him introduced useless. Ramesh Santosh Kumar, Abinash Prasannaji Srinivasan and Kishore Kumar, who travelled with Vishwa, suffered extreme accidents.

The organisers of the championships, with the Meghalaya authorities’s assist, rushed them to the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) in Shillong for important care. The crew of medical doctors attending to them mentioned the boys have been steady. Competition supervisor N. Ganeshan additionally visited the three boys on the Institute.

The father of Vishwa and a few relations will probably be arriving in Guwahati tonight and Vishwa’s embalmed physique will probably be flown to Chennai tomorrow morning. The officers of the Meghalaya Table Tennis Association and that of the Ribhoi district administration at Nongpoh will oversee the completion of all of the formalities and obtain the bereaved relations on the airport.

Justice Gita Mittal, the chairperson of the Committee of Administrators (CoA), condoled the unlucky demise of Vishwa and in addition spoke to Kishore Kumar, wishing him and different gamers a speedy restoration. S.D. Mudgil, the opposite member of the CoA, additionally spoke to a higher-ranked police official from Assam a few hassle-free clearance on the airport tomorrow morning.

Vishwa, a promising participant with a number of nationwide rating titles and worldwide medals to his credit score, was to characterize India on the WTT Youth Contender at Linz, Austria, on April 27. Vishwa, a product of Krishnaswamy TT Club in Anna Nagar, was skilled by Ramnath Prasad and Jai Prabhu Ram had are available in for reward from none aside from Sharath Kamal. The ace paddler rated him as a highly-talented boy with a whole lot of promise.

Vishwa’s rise to stardom was additionally regular. His transition from Cadet to Sub-Junior to Junior part was an eye-opener for any teenager aspiring to make it massive. He received the Cadet and Sub-Junior National titles additionally. The B.Com pupil of Loyola College received the Under-19 Boys title through the Dehra Dun National Ranking Tournament this January.