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Om Prakash lives in Ambala city and runs an electronics and sewing machine shop.
Rajesh was a matriculate when he went to the United States on a tourist visa around 10 years ago.
“He always had a fascination for going abroad, particularly to America, like most of the youngsters during those years. He managed a tourist visa on his own and went there. He didn’t come back. He got married to Monika. No one ever objected to his marriage. We were also quite cordial with our daughter-in-law. She used to call us up off and on. Rajesh was regularly in touch with us and used to call us quite frequently,” Om Prakash said.
“I was feeling quite uneasy when I called him up on Friday morning. He was sounding fine. The voice was not that clear. He told me he was driving and would call me once he reached home. I asked Rajesh to put me through to Vansh, but Rajesh told me that he would get back to me after he reaches home. After a few minutes, he called me up and put me through to Vansh. I spoke to my grandson for a few minutes, after which I had a word with my son Rajesh and even his wife Monika. He was very happy with his wife Monika and son Vansh and they were leading a good life in US,” Om Prakash said.
“When he left us and went to the US for a better life, we never thought it was the last time we were seeing our son... But God willed it this way. I have asked my niece Sunita Rani, who lives in New York, to go to Oak Forest with her husband Pradeep Kumar and see the condition of the bodies. I am told the bodies are charred. If the bodies can be brought to India, she will do so. Or she will get them cremated there and bring me the ashes of my son, grandson and daughter-in-law. What more can I do sitting here?”
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