Posted:
Tribune News Service Chandigarh, October 21,2005
Abhiranjan Negi, eldest son of former Indian goalkeeper and coach, Mir Ranjan Nagi, died in a road accident in Mumbai today. He was 22. He was a student of hotel management. Abhiranjan, according to family sources, had come home for Divali holidays. The bike he was riding hit a road divider and he died of head injuries, said Anand Phillar, a senior hockey journalist, and a close friend of Mir Ranjan Negi. Anand also expressed his shock at the death of Abhiranjan. International hockey players, including several Olympians, rushed to Negi's house. Among those who condoled Abhiranjan's death were Dhanraj Pillay, Clarence Lobo, Iqbaljit Singh, Joaquim Carvalho, MM Gomes, Merwyn Fernandes, Edgar Mascarenhas and several others. Rajinder Singh Sr, Surinder Singh Sodhi, Gurmail Singh, Jagdeep Singh Gill and Charanjit Kumar, all members of the 1982 Asian Games squad, have expressed their sympathies with Mir Ranjan Negi and his family. Sukhvir Singh Grewal, Hardeep Singh Grewal, Ramandeep Singh Grewal, Gurdishpal Singh and Pargat Singh also condoled the death of Abhiranjan.
The cremation will take place tomorrow.
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