US, Jan. 9 -- Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal expressed grief over the sudden death of his son, Agnivesh Agarwal, who died at the age of 49 following a cardiac arrest in New York.

Agnivesh was recovering from a skiing accident at Mount Sinai Hospital in the city.

Calling it "the darkest day" of his life, Agarwal said, "My beloved son, Agnivesh, left us far too soon. He was just 49 years old, healthy, full of life, and dreams. Following a skiing accident in the US, he was recovering well in Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. We believed the worst was behind us. But fate had other plans, and a sudden cardiac arrest snatched our son away from us."

Agarwal remembered about Agnivesh's journey from his birth in Patna on June 3, 1976, to becomi...