Tamilarasi was furious. But she contained herself until the car turned the corner. The she exploded. “Who does she think she is, ordering me around. It was her son who spilt the soup on the floor.” Mohan was irritated, “Listen, she just asked you to help clean up, what’s wrong with that ?” Tamilarasi couldn’t believe her ears. Her husband was siding with his sister ! She started raising her voice and he responded equally loud. The storm had reached a crescendo when it happened.
In his fury and amidst the loud shouting, Mohan had not noticed the child. A sickening thud, screeching of brakes, Tamilarasi’s screams as she was thrown towards the dashboard. The shouting outside, the ugly mob surrounding the car, the child’s lifeless body lying limp on the tarmac. The mother running up and beating against Mohan, the mob violence. It all went by in a flash.
ROAD ACCIDENT: CHILD KILLED; 2 BEATEN TO DEATH BY MOB
Kuala Lumpur, 30 Feb 2008: A mob beat to death a young couple who had earlier crashed their car into a 6 year old child, Siti Zalizah (6) killing her instantly. Mohan (28) and Tamilarasi (26) were returning after celebrating their first Wedding Anniversary at Mohan’s parents’ home when the accident happened, at Kg Kerinchi. The crowd from the nearby colony surrounded the car, and turned violent on seeing the lifeless child. In the ensuing violence, Mohan and Tamilarasi sustained serious slash wounds and head injuries. They were pronounced dead on arrival at the University Hospital. Mohan’s sister, Vinitha could not control her emotions. “They had been so happy just a short while earlier. I cant believe this happened. I was particularly close to Tamilarasi, who was like my sister”, she said amid tears.
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