Young political activist from Hyderabad dies in a car crash in US: ‘He was a gem of a person. Everyone loved him’

According to reports, Wajid’s car was deed by the motortruck successful Plymouth County successful northwest Iowa, astir 500 km distant from Chicago. The reports said helium was taken to a infirmary wherever helium died. “Wajid’s semi struck the rear of the atom trailer, splitting successful 2 and came to a remainder connected some sides of the road. The framework of Wajid’s semi ended up successful 1 ditch portion his cab was successful another,” said a section report.

His household said Wajid’s parents Muhammed Ejaz and Shamim Begum and member Md Javed, who unrecorded successful M S Maqta of Hyderabad’s Khairatabad, near for the US aft receiving the news. “We bash not cognize what has happened. That’s wherefore Wajid’s parents person gone to the US without wasting time. His begetter has decided to decorativeness formalities and execute last rites successful the US itself arsenic it mightiness instrumentality a batch of clip and effort to bring backmost the assemblage here,” his relative Mustafa Ali told indianexpress.com Thursday.

Wajid was astir to travel backmost successful six months aft his younger brother, who is besides successful Chicago, completed his Master’s, said a household member. After finishing his BCom, Wajid completed a Masters (MSIT) from Trine University successful Chicago.

“The past clip helium visited Hyderabad a twelvemonth ago, helium had told maine that it would beryllium his past sojourn to the US. He said helium wanted to settee down successful Hyderabad erstwhile and forever. The parents were looking for a suitable lucifer for him and a expansive wedding was connected the cards,” Majeed, different cousin, told indianexpress.com.

He said Wajid took his parents to execute Umrah successful Saudi Arabia the past clip helium visited Hyderabad. “He was a gem of a person. Everyone loved him. He would play cricket with america each Sunday without fail… Right from his pupil days, helium was funny successful authorities and ever helped radical get entree to authorities payment schemes,” said Majeed.

According to cousins and neighbours, Wajid was an progressive societal idiosyncratic and governmental activistic of the Congress party. He had been with the enactment for a decennary and rapidly roseate successful ranks to go the area’s younker legislature president and aboriginal a subordinate of the party’s NRI number cell, they said. “He was a highly talented orator and could pass arsenic good successful Urdu, English oregon Telugu. He was ever moving for the radical and helping the underprivileged and the poor,” said Ali, who recalled however Wajid erstwhile helped him with an contented relating to his assemblage fee.

For his assemblage involvement, Wajid was recognised arsenic a Pandemic Warrior and felicitated astatine a nationalist lawsuit successful 2021. “I don’t person to beryllium famous. I conscionable person to marque my parent and begetter arrogant of me,” helium wrote successful an Instagram post.

“In a precise abbreviated period, helium got entree and acquainted with Revanth Reddy (the main minister) and met with the CM successful Chicago past year. His Instagram leafage is afloat of photos and videos of him with Revanth Reddy, who was his biggest inspiration,” said Md Faisal, different cousin.

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