Fury on Hyderabad street Aston Martin kills Odisha woman, family devastated 1,200km away
A 26-year-old woman was killed in Hyderabad after being struck by a speeding Aston Martin driven by the son of a local politician. The incident has sparked public outrage as police investigate the driver for rash and negligent driving.
Why it matters
The case has ignited a national conversation regarding road safety, wealth-based impunity, and the accountability of influential figures in India.
HYDERABAD/MAYURBHANJ: A panicked bystander bangs on the window of a bright red Aston Martin, pleading with the driver to stop, as chaos erupts on a Hyderabad street. A few feet away, 26-year-old Bharati Mukhi lies motionless on the road, blood pooling around her, while another woman standing over her screams for help.The driver eventually steps out, glances toward the injured woman, then walks back to his vehicle to grab his phone — a sequence captured on video that has since gone viral and sparked outrage across social media.The woman in the video, Bharati Mukhi, a sales executive from Mayurbhanj in Odisha, had merely stepped out for lunch with a colleague on Sunday, August 16. She never returned.According to Madhapur police, Mukhi and her colleague had walked toward the ITC Kohenur area near Inorbit Mall around 3pm to pick up food.
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