Jaipur: He loved hanging out with friends, died with them too

JAIPUR: Shoeb (22) loved two things — goggles and hanging out with his friends after a dreary work at a bangle shop. On Saturday, Shoeb died with his friends Sakib and Najim in the lightning incident at Amber. A resident of Chhoti Chaupar, he worked at the bangle shop of his brother near Gangori Bazaar.
His friends and family members, who had gathered at his burial ceremony near Ghat Gate, said that Shoeb and his friends had decided to hang out near Amber because of the pleasant weather.
Shoeb (22)
“My world has come to an end. He was such a hard working boy. His friends Sakib and Najim also worked with me in the bangle shop,” Shoeb’s brother Nazir said.
His friends said that when the weather turned pleasant in the evening, the three friends decided to go to Amber. They were accompanied by two other friends.
All five went to Amber when Shoeb, Najim and Sakib decided to climb upstairs. The other two friends, however, returned as they got exhausted midway.
“The three were inseparable. After returning from work, they drove around the city, clicked each other’s photos,” said Abdul, a family friend.
The bodies were handed over to them after the post-mortems.