Posted on 01/20/2024 6:43:12 PM PST by Drew68
A tech boss has plunged to his death during his firm’s celebrations as horror footage captured his final moments alive.
Sanjay Shah, CEO of US-based company Vistex, was making a grand performance in an iron cage before part of the chain supporting the structure snapped.
The freak accident took place at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, India, during the company’s silver jubilee on Thursday evening, The Sun reports.
Sanjay, accompanied by his colleague Raju Datla, entered an iron cage on stage intended to be lowered from a height.
But one side of the iron chain supporting the cage broke, dropping both men over 4.5 metres to the concrete ground.
The collapsing cage, pulled by a rolling machine, had iron wires and grills.
“Suddenly, one of the two wires attached to the cage snapped. Both plunged more than 15 feet and landed on the concrete dais. This caused multiple injuries,” cops said.
Sanjay and Raju were rushed to the hospital, but the CEO succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment.
His colleague remains in a serious condition.
“Shah and Raju being lowered from the cage onto the dais was a planned event to kickstart the celebrations,” a company official told The Times of India.
Police added that a case was registered against the Film City event management authorities based on a complaint made by another company official.
Vistex, an Illinois-based firm, had arranged accommodations for its staff at Ramoji Film City and had planned a two-day celebration for its silver jubilee.
The company specialises in revenue management solutions and services, with 20 global offices and more than 2,000 employees.
Vistex serves leading brands such as GM, Barilla, and Bayer.
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Sometimes, going with the lowest bidder is a mistake.
Now that you mention it, it baffles me how such a contraption could fail.
I mean, it's not rocket science here, to build a steel cage capable of suspending two grown men without falling.
Welding: doesn’t seem too hard to do, until it is.
I hear that Nancy Pelosi shorted their stock just a few days ago ... She always has the inside scoop before anyone else.
15 ft?
Derp
Shoulda learned the parachute landing drop and roll
Welcome back from your brief hiatus, Drew. 😎
Feels like an overly dramatic murder but I have been reading way to many mysteries lately so probably not.
Thanks! It's good to be back.
Word to the wise. Don't call the mods "snowflakes" after they delete your profanity-laden posts.
Paging Columbo!
This is india.
A Darwin Award goes to Sanjay Shah.
IN a cage was Sanjay Sha
When wires were cut with a saw
Said the sawyer stil sawing
“I would not be so sha-ing,
Sanjay rogered my wife, till she’s raw.”
Looks like they were swinging the cage when the chain broke?
Maybe the Boeing folks designed it.
I just got back from vacation myself.
Steel cage match?
Never heard of the guy or company,
Still it sucks.
I have worked with a lot of .Indians many of their best and brightest, but if you have ever been to India you know that there are a lot who are on the other side of the curve
I remember when girls in short skirts and boots used to dance in cages like that on Saturday night teevee.
Whatever happened to “If it ain’t Boeing, we’re not going?”
Kind of difficult to do a PLF in a steel cage.
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