Techie Out To Distribute Her Wedding Invite Dies After Truck Hits Scooter In Bengaluru

"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." These heartbreaking words of Nanjundappa, who lost his only daughter Sindhushree (29) in a road accident, captured the unimaginable grief of a family that was eagerly preparing for her wedding.At the mortuary on Thursday, the inconsolable father repeatedly mourned that his daughter should have been celebrating the first day of her wedding ceremonies instead of lying dead before him.Sindhushree, a software professional, and her cousin sister Vidya (19), a final-year diploma student, were killed after a lorry collided with their two-wheeler in Bengaluru's Deepanjalinagar locality on Wednesday evening.Thursday was supposed to mark the beginning of Sindhushree's wedding celebrations, with the 'Arashina Shastra (haldi)' and 'Bale Shastra' ceremonies scheduled to take place.