“I knew him since the 2011 World Cup. He was our stadium’s security in-charge since then. He was a towering personality. I would fondly call him Mount Abu because he was tall and Abu was his first name. He will forever be remembered whenever any international or IPL match takes place at the Wankhede Stadium. I will forever remember him as my friend and well-wisher. He was honest, sincere and very hard working. With him in charge, we would never worry about security-related arrangements here,” Naik added.

MCA treasurer Jagdish Achrekar was also gutted. “He was an excellent human being. He was always jovial while undertaking the mammoth task of handling security at the Wankhede with utmost ease. He was always cool. He was a link between the MCA, the private security and the police. MCA has lost a gentleman who has worked with tremendous passion,” Achrekar stressed.