BENGALURU: Devi, a die-hard RCB fan and an only child, had taken a few hours’ off from work to attend the victory parade. “She pestered her boss for permission to go and finally got approval around 2.30pm. She was so excited, and then this happened,” her friend recalled, struggling to hold back tears. “Her laptop is still on the table and her bags are there, but she is not.”From Tamil Nadu, Devi studied in Bengaluru and stayed on to work at a tech firm. Deeply attached to the city and passionately loyal to RCB, she never missed a single match since moving to the city. “She was a huge Virat Kohli fan,” her friend said. “When she heard RCB was distributing tickets to enter the Chinnaswamy Stadium and watch the celebrations, she was determined to go.”By the time she checked, though, tickets were no longer available online. Determined and hopeful, she decided to head to the stadium to see if she could get one at the venue. She messaged her friend, ‘I’m taking the metro!’. That was the last heard from her.
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“We got a call from the hospital. They used the emergency contact number listed in records. We rushed there immediately,” her friend said. “Her parents are being contacted, we don’t know how to break this to them.”
