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Posted on - 21 Feb 2012

RWITC official falls to death from balcony on 4th floor

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 
 
Mumbai: Dady Adenwalla (81), a member of the Board of Appeals of Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC), died on Monday after falling off the balcony of his fourthfloor flatin southMumbai. 
 
Ruling out foul play or suicide so far, the Azad Maidan police have registered a case of accidental death. Adenwalla is survived by his daughter, Shireen Adenwalla, a wellknown chef. 
    
A source in the Adenwalla household said the deceased underwent an eye surgery last week and was recuperating at home. “He was not suffering from any other ailment. This was a most unexpected tragedy,” said hiscousin,AdiNarialwala. 
    
According to the police, around 9am, Adenwalla went to the balcony to water the plants. He stayed there for a while and around about 9.30am, he bent over thebalconytocallouttohis driver,Rafeeque,whowasstanding below. “It is not clear what happened next. Whether he felt dizzy or his vision blurred, but he lost control and fell from the fourth floor,” said the officer. It was his driver who rushed him to the nearby Bombay Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. His body has been sent toGTHospitalfor post mortem. 
    
A long serving member of theRWITC,whereheworkedfor over five decades till the time of his death, he was remembered fondly by his peers. “Dady’s passing away is tragic. He was one of the finest stipes RWITC has ever had and was unbiased in hisdecisions.Hisendearing and affable personality made him very likeable,” said RWITC chairman VivekJain. 
    
A champion trainer, he won 11 Indian Classics, and trained two Indian Derby winners, Balchand in 1957 and Fair Wood in 1959. He retired from training in 1986 and then served at RWITC for over 15 years as its chief stipendiary steward and later as a member of its board of appeal tillhisdeath.RWITChad recently honoured him with the LifetimeAchievement award.

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