BENGALURU: A day before her wedding rituals were to begin, a 27-year-old software professional was killed along with her 19-year-old cousin after a truck ran over their scooter near Deepanjalinagar Metro station on Mysuru Road on Wednesday afternoon.Sindhushree was on her way to distribute the last of her wedding invitations when the accident occurred.The tragedy turned what was supposed to be a day of wedding celebrations into one of mourning for the family. Sindhushree’s haldi and Bale Shastra ceremonies were scheduled for Thursday, while her wedding reception was fixed for Sunday, November 15. Her wedding was to take place in Nagamangala taluk of Mandya district on November 16.At Victoria Hospital mortuary on Thursday, her father, Nanjundappa, an autorickshaw driver, broke down while speaking about his only daughter.“My daughter was supposed to celebrate her haldi ceremony today. Instead, I am preparing to cremate her. Her wedding reception was scheduled for Sunday, and our entire house was filled with wedding preparations. Everything is over now,” he said to news agency IANS.Sindhushree, who worked at a software company, had stepped out to deliver one last wedding invitation to a relative. She was riding a two-wheeler borrowed from a neighbour, with her cousin Vidya, her aunt’s daughter, riding pillion.According to police, a Rajasthan-registered truck travelling towards Mysuru hit the scooter from behind around 3.30pm. The impact threw both women onto the road, after which the truck ran over them. They died on the spot.The family said Vidya was also a student and had completed her pre-university course. Her death has compounded the grief of relatives, who were preparing to celebrate the wedding.Relatives questioned the movement of heavy goods vehicles in the locality and demanded accountability for the accident. They alleged that restrictions on such vehicles could have prevented the tragedy.The truck driver fled after the accident, abandoning the vehicle. Byatarayanapura traffic police seized the truck and registered a case based on a complaint filed by Sindhushree’s father.The bodies were shifted to Victoria Hospital mortuary for postmortem. Police said they would examine CCTV footage from the surrounding areas and collect expert reports as part of the investigation.“We will collect the report from experts and examine CCTV footage from surrounding areas,” a senior police officer said.The family, which had spent days preparing for Sindhushree’s wedding, is now left to deal with the loss of two young women.(With agency inputs)
