Cape Breton University student dies in major fire in India
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A Cape Breton University student from India has been identified as one of the victims in a horrific fire in that country that has killed more than two dozen people.
A Cape Breton University student from India has been identified as one of the victims in a horrific fire in that country that has killed more than two dozen people.
Shivam Singh said one of his roommates, Akshay Dholariya, died in the fire Saturday at a large gaming arcade centre in the western Indian city of Rajkot.
The 26-year-old Dholariya had been one of Singh's roommates in Sydney, N.S., for more than a year. The two men were post-baccalaureate business students at Cape Breton University (CBU).
Singh learned about the tragedy as he was returning home from the gym Saturday evening.
"I got a call from my elder brother who lives in New Brunswick with his (Dholariya’s) elder brother,” Singh said. “So he told me about the news, about the fire and all the stuff. Then, I was not able to process the data."
The bad news was confirmed Sunday morning.
The victim's brother also posted to Facebook, writing Dholariya went home to India to give his hand in marriage to his wife-to-be.
