Rakiraki Family Loses Breadwinner In Drum Explosion

Family members of the late Chandar Prakash Reddy are still trying to come to terms with his passing away after sustaining injuries in a welding accident on Tuesday afternoon.

Mr Reddy died after the drum he was welding exploded at his workplace in Vatumami, Rakiraki, near his home.

His wife Jayant Shobna, 41, said she received news of her husband’s demise at 4.30pm on Tuesday.

“He came at 1pm for lunch and he watched a movie then he left at 3 o’clock to go back to work,” she said.

She said her husband was the sole breadwinner of the family and had his own building contractor business that he started in 2012.

Rahul Reddy, 22, described his father as a jovial, selfless and hardworking man.

Jayant Shobna holds up the last photo she took with her husband, the late Chandar Prakash Reddy. Photo: Salote Qalubau

Edited by Ivamere Nataro

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