Death visits daughter at same spot

MUMBAI: In a cruel twist of fate, six years after her parents died in the 2003 twin blasts at Gateway of India, 19-year-old Rajashree D'souza was killed at the same spot by a speeding dumper on Thursday. And like her mother Sakhi Yadav, Rajashree too was pregnant when killed.
"We take the 11:18 pm train back home to Ulhasnagar every day. But last night, Rajashree had to meet a friend.It got late, so we decided to sleep outside the garden for just that day,'' said a distraught Michael D'souza, Rajashree's husband of three-and-a-half years. Michael said Rajashree did odd jobs, mostly as a tourist guide, and was pretty well versed in English. Fatima bi, 90, said the place is jinxed: "First the twin blasts, then 26\11, and now this. God knows what more is in store for us Gateway dwellers.''
Altaf Ahmed Shaikh, 25, whose nine-month old son Rehan Altaf Shaikh got cuts on his left palm and foot, said, "I had just returned at around 1.20am after watching the cricket match. A dumper came from nowhere at very high speed. The driver took a sudden left turn, which caused it to jump a bit as it hit the divider.''
While Rehan got a few cuts, four-month old Nirjala Kale was not as lucky. She was the other victim who died in the accident.