Suryakant Tiwari, General Manager of The Pioneer’s Raipur edition, who was always clubbed as a gem of a person, died in a tragic road accident on Saturday morning in Madhya Pradesh.
The 48-year-old Tiwari belonged to Durg city and was on way to Rajasthan on a religious trip when a Duster vehicle in which he was travelling in along with three others, rammed into a stationary truck from behind.
The chilling accident took place on Nagpur-Bhopal road under Pandurana police station area in which two other persons, Prashant Shukla, resident of Raipur’s New Shantinagar and Jawahar Jethwa, resident of Kumhari, also died on the spot. The lone survivor was Raipur’s noted Architect Vineet Gupta. He had sustained minor injuries in his head.
The tragic incident has shocked intellectual community of Chhattisgarh in general and The Pioneer group staff in particular as he was known as a thoroughly professional person and was associated with The Pioneer Chhattisgarh edition since it was launched in May, 2012.
The Pioneer employees observed a two-minute silence at Raipur office to pay last respects to Tiwari who is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He was son of Durg’s famous doctor Prakashnarayan Tiwari.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, his entire cabinet colleagues, Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal, Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhupesh Baghel, leader of the Opposition TS Singhdeo, Rajya Sabha MP and the Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer Chandan Mitra, Raipur edition Chairman Vijay Budhia and Resident Editor Sujeet Kumar expressed ‘shock’ over the tragic demise of Tiwari.
The funeral will be held on Sunday at Durg town.