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Two students killed in accident

The deceased were identified as Deepak Devadas (19) and Nijin Sunder Pillai (19). Both were second year BCom students of Universal Empire Educational Institute, the centre of Mahatma Gandhi University located in Knowledge Village.

Lijo Alex, a classmate of the deceased, was injured in the accident and was taken to Rashid Hospital. He was discharged after treatment but Dubai police have taken him in custody for interrogation.

According to eyewitnesses, the accident took place at about 5am when the students’ car hit a road divider. “Nijin, who was driving the car, died on the spot and Deepak died later in Rashid Hospital. Lijo, who was sitting in the back seat, had a narrow escape,” said an eyewitness.

According to an official from the college, the trio were heading to Qusais from Karama after spending a weekend there.

“The dead bodies have been kept in Rashid Hospital morgue. We are trying to render all the help to the grieving family,” he said, expressing the shock over the untimely death of two students. Both the dead students were living in Dubai with their families hailing from the southern Indian state of Kerala.

“Both Deepak and Nijin attended their classes on Wednesday. They were good students and never created any problems for the institute. It is a loss for the institute and we are praying for their souls,” the official added.

Meanwhile, shock and grief gripped the compatriots of the deceased after the report of their death spread around. “Everybody was calling each other and nobody could believe that they were dead. Both of them were very good friends and they always helped each other,” said a classmate adding that they could not believe that their friends were dead. “When I received a call from a friend about the incident, I could not believe it. I called another friend and was shocked to hear that they were dead.”

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