This story is from March 22, 2019

Hyderabad: Friends create online page to help Christchurch terror attack victim Farhaj Ahsan's family

Hyderabad: Friends create online page to help Christchurch terror attack victim Farhaj Ahsan's family
Farhaj Ahsan from Hyderabad was living in Christchurch and had gone to one of the mosques on Friday last to offer prayers.
HYDERABAD: Friends of software engineer Farhaj Ahsan who was one of the victims in the Christchurch terror attack in New Zealand on March 15, have started an online contribution page to help his wife Insha Aziz and the two children he left behind.
A close friend of Ahsan, Abdul Feroze, who created the page said he had known him for 14 years. The funds will be paid into a verified bank account of Insha Aziz.
The page was created on Friday and 108 donors made a contribution of 9,930 dollars immediately.
Farhaj Ahsan from Hyderabad was living in Christchurch and had gone to one of the mosques on Friday last to offer prayers. A terrorist killed as many as 50 people by shooting them down in two mosques.
In an appeal on the page, Farhaj Ahsan’s friend Abdul Feroze said he left behind his wife, a three-year-old daughter and seven months old baby boy. “His loss had effected his family and their surviving with daily expenses in this country as he was the sole provider for his family. Farhaj was a very easy going person, he always wore a beautiful smile and was always ready to help others. He was a wonderful person and a beautiful human being with a caring heart,” he said.
“I know that we can’t bring the little ones their father, but by supporting them financially we can bring the little ones' the future which their father Farhaj might have planned or wished for them,” he said in the appeal.
“I was unable to answer when his daughter kept asking "Uncle! Where is daddy?". His younger one lost his father before he could gain his consciousness. Let us please show our love in form of donations to his family. We can't get Farhaj back but can take care of his family in his absence,” he explained in the appeal put up at givealittle.co.nz.
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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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