This Article is From Oct 09, 2011

Viewers donate Rs 19.81 lakh for Gurgaon toll collector's family

Viewers donate Rs 19.81 lakh for Gurgaon toll collector's family
Birha, Madhya Pradesh: Ram Rati Devi and her family are still in shock.

Her youngest son, the family's sole bread winner, Umeshkant Pandey, a toll plaza employee, was shot dead inside a toll booth in Gurgaon on September 25. He was allegedly shot by Vijay Veer Yadav, who did not want to pay the Rs 27 toll ticket.

The shooting and Umesh's death was recorded on the toll booth's CCTV camera.

Umeshkant, has left behind his parents, wife and two brothers - Rishikant and Dineshkant. Rishikant is mentally challenged and Dineshkant is physically challenged.

Their story moved NDTV viewers to help this family in need and they have collectively deposited nearly 20 lakh rupees in Umesh mother's bank account. Needless to say, the family is overwhelmed.

Umeshkant's father Rajkumar Pandey says, "I am thankful to NDTV for highlighting this story and to those who have helped us by sending us money."

The story of Umeshkant's senseless killing was a story that touched hearts everywhere. After seeing the news of his killing, help has started pouring in from India and abroad. Several people with donations have been calling to give. On average 1.5 lakh rupees has been deposited each day in Umeshkant's mother's account.

It's not just the wealthy, or those who are earning that are donating. Bank officials tell tales of touching stories of those who are still taking money out of their accounts, despite having precious little for themselves.

Says Virendra Pratap Singh, a field officer at the State Bank of India: ''I was touched when a retired person called up to say that he wants to help Umesh's family by sending them Rs 2,500 every month.''

With this money Umeshkant's family is now trying to ensure a safer future. They plan to build a house and start a business. But most importantly, they want to get Umesh's widow remarried.

Here's the list of the donors:

Remya Surendr                                                                                    Ashish Kumar
M Thomas                                                                                            Shravan Kumar
Chander Shekhar Verma                                                                     Rakesh Rajago
Ashish Pun                                                                                          S Bhat
Ranjit                                                                                                    Harmeet Singh
Umesh                                                                                                  Parshant
Krishn Chaitanya                                                                                Suresh Kumar
Enugala Prash                                                                                     H Babu Paru
K Umar Singh                                                                                      Kishore Shantaram
Vineeta Kesharwan                                                                             Arvind Kumar Singh
AK Pandey                                                                                           Shivendra Kumar
Ankur Shrivastava                                                                              P Madhavan
P Sharma                                                                                             AR Nitin
Kanagaraj Duraiswamy                                                                      H Nair
Sumit                                                                                                    Mukesh Singh
Vikash Varshney                                                                                 Manpreet Pal
Sandeep K Singh                                                                                Aastha Agarwal
Sharad Yadav                                                                                      Shishir Kumar
Ranjit Fernandes                                                                                Al Fardan
Rajesh Royal                                                                                      Suman Nandi
Vishal Pandey                                                                                     Pranay Deb
Vijay Kadaraseti                                                                                 Santosh Munar
R Sharma                                                                                            V Shankar
Kartik                                                                                                  Sheril V Vaidhyan
Deepak Chandra                                                                                Murali Krishna
Mohammed Abubacker                                                                     Himadri Mukherjee
V Srinivasa Raghav                                                                           Gaurav Duggal
Praveen Tetali                                                                                    Mr Atul
Rajesh Baliram                                                                                  Mr Nagendra
S Raghuraman                                                                                   K Dileep Kumar
Mr Shivalingaiah                                                                                Ronak Janakra
Mr Venkatesh                                                                                     M Ekta
Mr Chandrashekra                                                                             Rajesh Gupta
Madhur Kumar                                                                                   V Guruprasad
Nitesh Kumar                                                                                    Sujit Guha
Suman Mondal                                                                                  Aditya Varma
L Guruprasad                                                                                    Bhavna Chadda
Thampi John                                                                                     Kapil Agarwal
Swapnil Puri                                                                                      Srinivasan Vaarara
Abha Thakur                                                                                      Kumar V Akil
Maruthiraja Pichai                                                                             Mahesh Lal
Raianshu Verma                                                                                Ganesh KSV Vakkal
Madhavi Kouja                                                                                  Kanupriya Singh
Maneet Gulati                                                                                    Sahyog Micro Finance
Rizwan Ahmad                                                                                  N Gunasekaran
Vijay Pal Singh                                                                                  Lakshmi
Deepan Divakar                                                                                 Prakriti Mukherji
Murali Krishna                                                                                   Mr Jitendra
Krishna Bollavaran                                                                           Mr Parthasarthy
Dundaram Narasimhan                                                                     Vikas Gulati
Mahid Har                                                                                           Abhinav Singh
Mr Hrishikesh                                                                                     Mazibur Rahman
Gurpreet Singh                                                                                  Ramneek Kalra
Sayantan Choudhury                                                                        Md Yousuf Khan
Mr Charandeep                                                                                  Mrinal Kamboj
Manisha Mehta                                                                                   Navuluru Ganesh
Jayashri Singh                                                                                   Tamal Kanti
SN Kumar                                                                                           Mr Bhadani
Venkateshwar Reddy                                                                        Sharath S
Mr Abhishek                                                                                       V Suresh
Binay Kumar                                                                                      Sonia Harish
Aditya Singh                                                                                       Mrs Rajarajeshwari
Ram Pratap                                                                                         Amritanshu Singh
MV Chandra                                                                                        Kavita Verma
Raj Kumar Singh                                                                                Sharon Jose
Lokesh Rai                                                                                          Mrs Dantu Madhupriya
Veerappa Sati                                                                                     Shankar S
Ayyappan Ganapathy                                                                        Umesh Pandey
J Harlalka                                                                                           Jitender Kumar
Pradeep Kumar                                                                                  NVL Babu
N Venkata Ram                                                                                   Radhika Narang
N Divya                                                                                                SR Khandelwal
Mr Vikram                                                                                            KA Srinath
Alghurair                                                                                             D Venugopal Sarma
Gautam Kumar                                                                                   Mohammad Hanif
Divya Rai                                                                                             Prakash Chandra
Durai Mehendran                                                                                Nitin Sharma
Poonam Berry                                                                                    Shruti Gupta
Mahesh Asudani                                                                                Samyukta Pingali
Sachin Dixit                                                                                        Sumit Bansal
Alok Pandey                                                                                       Pradeep Gaur
Mr Raghunathan                                                                                Varadharajan
Pankaj Kumar                                                                                     Mrs Amatul Qayoom
Pradeep Sharma                                                                                RR Vignesh
S Roy Choudhury                                                                              Sujoy Chowdhury
G Shriram C                                                                                        R Saravanan
Hemant Kumud                                                                                  Mr Kamana Veera

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