OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal’s father Ramesh Agarwal died.
Hospitality chain OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal’s father Ramesh Agarwal died after falling from a high-rise building in Haryana’s Gurugram on Saturday afternoon. According to the reports, he fell from the 20th floor of the building.
The incident took place at around 1 pm at the DLF’s The Crest Society in Gurugram’s Sector 54.
Agarwal fell off the 20th floor of the Crest housing complex at around 1 pm on March 10 and was rushed to nearby Paras Hospital, DLF security personnel had reported to the police, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Virender Vij informed.
Oyo’s billionaire founder Ritesh Agarwal had issued a statement on the death of his father, saying, “With a heavy heart, my family and I would like to share that our guiding light and strength, my father, Ramesh Agarwal passed away on 10 March. He lived a full life and inspired me and so many of us, every single day,”
The police reached the spot as soon as they received the information. At that time, Ramesh Agarwal’s wife, his son, and his daughter-in-law were in the apartment, the officer said, adding no suicide note had been found, and neither had the family complained about the death.
The 30-year-old billionaire issued a statement that reads, With a heavy heart, he and his family would like to share that their guiding light and strength, his father, Shri Ramesh Agarwal passed away on 10 March. He said his father lived a full life and inspired him and so many of us, every single day.
The tragic incident was reported three days after Agarwal got married to Geetansha Sood, the director of Farmation Ventures in New Delhi. Ramesh Agarwal was last seen at a wedding reception of his son on March 7 at the five-star Taj Palace hotel in Delhi.
The high-profile ceremony was attended by several leading figures including Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Softbank chairman Masayoshi Son and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, among others.