Rupen Datta who lost wife and three children in horror crash in India dies in hospital

The entire family has been wiped out.

Rupendra Dutta, Road Accident, Adelaide Restaurant Owner

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Adelaide Restaurant Owner Rupen Datta, who had initially survived the horrific car crash, breathed his last in India on Monday morning. Datta, earlier lost his wife - Anamika and three children – Neetika, Pipasa and Digvijaya in the car crash. Datta’s sister-in-law and father-in-law too died in this horrific car crash.
The entire family has been wiped out. Mr. Datta had received serious head injuries and was receiving treatment in a hospital in New Delhi.

Friends and family in Adelaide, who have known the family for a long time, are in complete shock.

"My friend Rupen Dutta passed away this morning in Delhi. It's just so sad and feels like complete waste of life ... The whole family's gone now, all 5 of them. RIP dear Rupen and Anamika, and the kids ," a friend of the family told Fairfax Media. 

Mr Datta, originally from Delhi, had owned the Urban India restaurant in Adelaide.




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Published 28 January 2016 12:14pm
By Mosiqi Acharya


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