Last journey on marriage anniversary for Tallur couple

Among the victims of the Mahabubnagar mishap are a couple from Tallur who were travelling by the ill-fated bus on their marriage day, little realizing that it would be their last journey.

Balasundar Raju and Mary Vijayalakshmi of Tallur in Phirangipuram mandal of the district had bid farewell to their daughter Sowmya and her husband Raju when they left Bengaluru for Hyderabad on Tuesday night. She was hoping to receive word about their safe journey on phone the next day. Instead, Sowmya was informed about their death in the early hours of Wednesday.

The couple had been living in Bengaluru for about one year to take care of their daughter, a fourth year engineering student of Ramayya IIT. Raju, a diabetic, had been coming to Hyderabad once in three months for check-up and medicines. The couple were burnt alive in their seats. Residents of Tallur are in deep shock for their inability to have a last glimpse of the couple’s bodies.