Can't digest this game of God: Father of twins who died in Murud tragedy

The families of the students who drowned at Murud on Monday are trying to come to terms with their loss It was their first ever picnic with friends for four of the girls and understandably they were excited Little did they know that this picnic would also be their lastEveryone admired her20yearold Farin Hussain Sayeed was a final year student and resident of Meeta Nagar in Kondhwa A year ago she had lost her father Hussain 57 to a heart attack Farin is survived by her mother and three siblings Farana 17 Fiza 15 and Mewish 12 Farana is in Std XII Fiza is in Std IX while Mewish is in Std XIFarin Hussain SayeedFarin used to work as a receptionist and also take tuitions at home She would study at nightFarinrsquos mother Shakila 55 was a maid but is now bedridden due to illness She said ldquoMy daughter was the sole breadwinner of the family She used to count each day to the next year saying she would soon earn a good salary She had promised to educate her younger siblings She cannot leave me and go I have lost hope in liferdquoShe added ldquoMy daughter was brave and becoming a computer engineer was her dream She was close to her father and a year back we were overwhelmed by that tragedy Now this incident has taken place I will never forgive God for such a brutal moverdquoFaiz Khan Farinrsquos neighbour said ldquoFarin was a pillar of strength for the entire family and this is a huge loss for them Children in our area used to admire her for working and studyingrdquoRaised her like a son20yearold Swapnali Shivaji Salgar was a final year student of Computer Science She was raised like a son by her father who plies an auto rickshaw They hail from Usmanabad District in Tuljapur Taluka and came to Pune three years ago as it was Swapnalirsquos dream to study here and become a computer engineerldquoMy daughter said that this was her final year and wanted to be part of this picnic She had promised that she would not enter the sea but I donrsquot know what happened She use to tell me lsquoBaba I want to pursue PhD Just wait for another six months and then I will sent you by plane to roam other countriesrsquordquo said her father ShivajiHe added ldquoShe was my older child Mauli is her younger brother Soon after completing her degree in computer science she had planned to do a Masters in computer science and later pursue a PhD She was the most educated girl in our house I raised her like a boy After I allowed her to go to the picnic she spent the entire night before talking to me I did not know that would be her last conversation with merdquoShivaji claimed the college did not make arrangements for families of students to go to Alibaug He said ldquoToday morning one person came to meet us from the college but showed no remorse On our own we had gone to Murud and it took us another two hours to reach the spot But by then my daughterrsquos body was before me I stood by a helpless fatherrdquoThey were aspiring software engineersldquoI cannot digest this game of God On the one hand he gave me two daughters and made me a father and on the other on the same day he took my daughters away from merdquo said Muneer Ansari the father of twins Shafiya and Rafiya who were final year students Muneer said ldquoI was not ready to send them for the picnic but they said they wanted to have fun and it was also their final year I decided to let them gordquoRafiyaHe said of their plans ldquoShafiya wanted to become software techie and Rafiya wanted to pursue Masters and become a professorrdquoShafiyaHe said the college was responsible for the incident Before they went on the picnic students had to give a written NOC to the college saying they were going for the picnic on their own When parents went to the college after the incident they were allegedly shown the NOC and told by college representatives that their children were not forced to go on the picnic Muneer said the college cannot make them sign on a paper and claim that they donrsquot have a role to play