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Former Kuwait based Indian among the six killed in Zimbabwe private plane crash

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Vishwanath Pichumoney, former Deputy Group CFO of KGL group in Kuwait reportedly died in a private plane crash in Zimbabwe. Vishwanath was working in Kuwait as the CFO of KGL group and left Kuwait for good. He was staying in Hyderabad in India.

Vishwanath was on a temporary assignment in Harare. He, along with five others were on the way to Murowa Diamonds Mine in Zvishavane from Harare in a Cessna 206 plane owned by diamond miner Rio Zim.

The private plane, believed to be owned by Rio Zimbabwe Company, is suspected to have developed a technical problem before crashing around 8am, killing all passengers and crew on board.

Vishwanath left behind his wife and famous Carnatic musician Ms Malini Viswanath, who is also the founder and director of Raag N'Rhythm in Kuwait. Their daughter Raghavi Viswanath is studying in Netherlands and son Raghava.

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Pylan Parekkadan Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Condolences and Prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏
lincoln miranda Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Heartfelt condolences to the family. RIP Sir..
T S Subramanian Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Very sorry to hear the sad news of the untimely passing away of Viswanath. We got the news, already. Know him, from his School days, in Kolkata. His Parents, Sister also well known to us. Sri Puchumoney (Ex UCO Bank, Kolkata), is a good family friend of ours. We Pray God to grant eternal peace to the departed Soul. Also we are praying Almighty to grant enough strength and courage to all family members to withstand this irreparable/untimely loss. Not getting sufficient words to console Sri. Puchumoney. OM SHANTHI. (From Rajamani, as Sri Puchumoney knows me). T.S. Subramanian and Bhageerathy, S. Now at Coimbatore.
Ashok Anand Monday, October 2, 2023 Deeply grieved to learn the sad & untimely demise of Vishwanath . May God grant eternal peace to departed soul & give courage to bereaved family members to bear this irreparable loss. Ashok Anand
Arun Shankar Monday, October 2, 2023 Condolences and Prayers! RIP Extremely saddened to hear this news. Heartfelt condolences & may God give enough strength to the family to bear this irreparable loss. Om Shanti
Krishna. Late M Narayanan. Retired in 1991 Son Monday, October 2, 2023 Very sad. Our condolences to the family. Appa and uncle worked in head office UCO bank for a long time.
Karuppia AR Sunday, October 1, 2023 Regret to learn the sudden demise of ஸ்ரீ Viswanath P
Sri Sunday, October 1, 2023 Pichumoney, was the head of Provdent fund& pension department of Ucobank. He would go to any extent to help the employees. Very sad to learn the sad news. Praying to God for the departed soul. And to the family members to overcome the grief
P.Subramanian, Golf Green, Kolkata. Sunday, October 1, 2023 Myself & V.Pichumoney, both were working in UCO Bank, H.O. and in fact, our taxes were adjacent in year 1971 and I used to know about the whole family and have seen Vishwanath as a School going boy during my younger days and today I received information this morning about the tragic demise of Vishwanath in a plane crash. My deepest condolences to the entire family including the parents for bearing such loss. And, let Almighty give enough strength to overcome such a mishap.
KK Bala Sunday, October 1, 2023 Extremely shocked. I was close to PVichu from Kolkata and Mumbai. He is helping Nature. Lost touch after we moved to different countries. I would like to get his family contact. Anyone having his family number, kindly forward to my mail id Wish God give his family lot of strength to come out of this crisis May his soul rest in peace.
Vinod Kumar Sunday, October 1, 2023 Extremely pained to know about the loss of Vishwanath Pichumony -- the worthy Son of my senior colleague, who was posted at Lucknow long back. Pray the Almighty to bestow Peace to the Departed Soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable Loss. OM SHANTI, SHANTI.
Sherry Oommen Sunday, October 1, 2023 Condolences and Prayers! RIP. Definitely a great loss. My sympathy to the family and dear ones.
Sameer Vaidya Sunday, October 1, 2023 Very sad to hear about the demise of Sri Vishwanath. He was a great human being and friend. He was very meticulous in his work & profession and a socially active person , Our deepest condolences to his wife Smt Malini Vishwanath and children Ms. Raaghavi and Mr. Raghava. Sameer & Ananthapriya
K S Shabaresh Sunday, October 1, 2023 Extreme bad news. My deepest condolences to the family. Om Shanthi
Shankar Venkatasubramani Sunday, October 1, 2023 This is really terrible news. He was always very calm, thoughtful and helpful to everyone. Sad to head this shocking news. Our condolences to his entire family including Malini Akka, Raaghavi & Raghava.
Santhosh Krishnan Saturday, September 30, 2023 Very saddened to hear this news! Vishwanath was a down to earth professional, who was active in organizing several classical music programs in Kuwait along with his wife Mrs.Malini. Deepest condolences to the family and prayers for Atmashanthi.
Manju Sreenath Saturday, September 30, 2023 Extremely saddened to hear this news. Heartfelt condolences & may God give enough strength to the family to bear this irreparable loss.
Surya Saturday, September 30, 2023 Very sad indeed..this is shocking. An ever smiling person and always soft spoken, he was easily approachable and ever ready to be of assistance in his own capacity. We lost a family friend and a true human being. Our heart felt condolences to his wife Mrs. Malini and his two gems of children Raaghavi and Raghava. Surya & Ramani

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