Malavika’s life changed 12 years ago when her husband had died of a heart attack. She had three daughters, the youngest one aged about two. On July 4 (Tuesday), the 36-year-old tailor’s rebuilt life came crashing down, less than 10 minutes after she put on her walking shoes, joined her friend Anuradha and her daughter Mamatha, and covered a few hundred metres from the house.
The 6 a.m. calm and breeze and their brisk walk were over in a matter of seconds when a red sedan at full pelt lost traction and swept them away from the rear. The trio, who was walking ahead to reach the footpath on the 40-feet Hydershakote Road, were dragged and flung till the car, a Honda Civic, plunged into a pit and a concrete pole stopped it.
The man behind the wheel was with his friends, without a driving licence, and with a fancy dagger to cut his 19th birthday cake at a farmhouse at Moinabad.
