Indian-origin CEO of American tech company dies after accident during stage show, Chairman Gambhir

A US-based Indian CEO and founder of a multinational software company died and its chairman was seriously injured when an iron cage contraption collapsed during a corporate event at Ramoji Film City (RFC) on Thursday night. The incident occurred during the silver jubilee program of Vistrex Asia Pacific Private Limited.

Illinois-based CEO Sanjay Shah, 56, died at a hospital in Hyderabad, while company chairman Vishwanath Raju Datla is battling for life.

Vistrex had booked rooms for its employees at RFC and was planning to organize a silver jubilee celebration in two days. A company official said, 'The lowering of Shah and Raju from the cage to the stage was a pre-planned event to start the event. During that time an accident happened.

The accident occurred at 7.40 pm when Shah and Raju were being brought down from a height to the stage in an iron cage with the help of ropes. Suddenly, one of the two wires attached to the cage broke. Both fell more than 15 feet onto the concrete platform below. "It resulted in several injuries," D Karunakar Reddy, sub-inspector of Abdullapurmet police station, told the media. "At the time of the accident, music was being played and Shah and Raju were waving at their employees while getting down.

After the accident, he was taken to a local hospital and later shifted to a corporate hospital as his condition deteriorated. Shah died after some time.