FAMILY and friends are rallying around a well-known Derry teacher whose much loved husband died and daughter injured in a car crash in India.
Rajesh Bacheta, from Derry, died in the collision which took place in the Rajasthan region in the north-western India last weekend.
Known as Raj, the popular father of three worked at the Premier Inn in Derry.
Mr Bacheta’s wife Mary is the principal of Chapel Road Primary School in the Waterside.
Her sister in law Neelam also died in the crash. Her eldest daughter Sophie was injured in the crash. She is in intensive care in a hospital in Ajmer.
Mr Bacheta, known to friends as Raj, was a popular member of staff at Derry’s Premier Inn. He was visiting family and friends in India when the accident happened.
Tributes have been paid to Raj on social media where he has been described as “a wonderful friend”.
One pal wrote: “The nicest man you’ll ever wish to meet. A real gentleman.”
Another said: “He was a gentle soul; he will be badly missed by all who loved him.”
