‘I’ll sign for the last parcel that came for my daughter,’ man mourns death of daughter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Pramod of Alappuzha, knew the death of his daughter Devikrishna, while he was at his work place. Devi and her friend Amal died when a tipper lorry hit the back of their bike at Pallichal in Thiruvananthapuram Thursday afternoon. The lorry that came from behind hit the two while they were moving from the Pallichal signal to go to the Chovvara temple.

Devi's father Pramod, a taxi driver, heard the death news of his daughter, when he was going to Kalavur with passengers. By the time Pramod returned home, relatives and friends had gathered at his house. In the meantime, postman Anas, a friend, arrived at the house with a parcel for his daughter. I will sign for the last parcel that came in my daughter's name. I want it. Pramod burst into tears, saying this.

Devi had called her father from Thiruvananthapuram in the morning to inform him that the notes for the course she is doing at the Indira Gandhi Open University along with her studies in Thiruvananthapuram would arrive by post. Devi studied SSLC and Plus Two at St Joseph's School in Alappuzha. Pramod, who earns his living by driving an auto and taxi, used to drop his daughter to school and pick her back from school.

Devi, who was good at studies, passed all her exams with full A+. Along with her studies at Thiruvananthapuram Women's College, she was also going for PSC coaching classes. Devi had come home two weeks ago for the Christmas vacation. Pramod, her mother Lakshmi and brother Pranav came to Thiruvananthapuram after knowing about the accident.