25-year-old comes under bus,dies

Police said Saubhagya had gone to the bus stand around 10.30 am to take a bus to her institute.

Speaking to Newsline,Manohar Joshi,senior inspector with the Deccan Gymkhana police,said: “Some of the eyewitnesses told us that as the bus she wanted to take entered the parking area,Saubhagya tried to get into it from the rear door. She was holding her cellphone in one hand. While climbing up the stairs she lost balance and fell down.”

Joshi added: “As people who saw her falling down raised an alarm,the driver stopped the bus and started reversing it. Unfortunately,while the bus was moving back,her head came under the left rear wheel and she sustained very serious injuries. She died on the spot.”

Saubhagya’s uncle Vijaykumar Pujari said: “She had been here for the last two months and her course in software testing was scheduled to get over on March 21. After she came here,she stayed at a relative’s house for sometime and later moved into a women’s hostel near Balgandharva Hall.”

Police said Saubhagya had completed her degree in Bachelor of Computer Application and is survived by her parents and three brothers. The body was handed over to her family in the evening after postmortem.

PMPML’s accident department head Sanjay Kusalkar said: “After an inquiry,action will be taken against the driver.”

Civic activist Jugal Rathi said,“Once again a bus hired by PMPML has caused an accident. PMPML does not maintain any record of theses drivers. We have been pursuing PMPML for more safety of commuters. We once again strongly demand that an independent time-bound inquiry of each accident — fatal or otherwise. The inquiry report should be published,and corrective,preventive and punitive actions taken promptly.”