Ramesh Agarwal, father of Oyo Rooms founder Ritesh Agarwal, died this afternoon after falling from a high-rise in Haryana's Gurugram, according to authorities. At around 1 pm, they received the information from DLF security that a person had fallen from the 20th story of DLF's The Crest society in Sector 54, Gurugram.
Police added, "He was taken to Paras Hospital for treatment. A team along with SHO sector 53 visited the place of occurrence. During inspection of place of occurrence, the fallen person was identified as Ramesh Parsad Agarwal. He was brought dead to Paras Hospital."
After an autopsy, his remains was returned to his family.
Sharing his grief, Agrarwal said, "With a heavy heart, my family and I, would like to share that our guiding light and strength, my father, Shri Ramesh Agarwal passed away on 10 March. He lived a full life and inspired me and so many of us, every single day. His death is a tremendous loss for our family. My father’s compassion and warmth saw us through our toughest times and carried us forward. His words will resonate deep in our hearts. We request everyone to respect our privacy in this time of grief."
Ramesh Agarwal was recently spotted at the wedding of his 29-year-old entrepreneur son to Geetansha Sood. On March 7, the couple threw a high-profile wedding reception at the five-star Taj Palace hotel in Delhi.
The event made headlines because it was attended by one of the world's top tech entrepreneurs, Japanese billionaire and SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son.