Pavagada techie dies in UK

TUMKUR: A sense of disbelief hangs heavy on Yerammanahalli village of Pavagada taluk in Tumkur distict. The villagers are not ready to believe that a boy who was born and grew up in their midst before going on to become a software professional with a Bangalore company, was killed in a road accident in distant London. N Raghavendra, 28, was heading to Heathrow Airport en route to home on Saturday.
The only son of agriculturist Nagareddy and wife Shakuntalamma, Raghavendra was the pride of the village, located on the state’s border with Andhra Pradesh. The lone software professional from the village married his colleague, Hemamalini, three months ago. Employed with Potential Semac Consultants Pvt Ltd, Raghavendra was sent to London in the last week of April on an assignment.
On Saturday, Raghavendra had to emplane for home and was travelling in a cab to Heathrow when the accident happened. A tyre of the cab burst, and the car toppled over thrice, killing Raghavendra instantly, his family members said.
“I can’t believe my son is dead. Before he left for London, he came home and told us he would be back soon. God is not with us. He was our sole purpose of existence. What do I do now?” a distraught Nagareddy lamented. Schooled in the Siddaganga Mutt institutions of Tumkur, Raghavendra did his BE from Nitte Engineering College in Bangalore. He has an elder sister. The body is expected to arrive here on Wednesday.
Raghavendra’s colleagues and seniors at Potential Semac Consultants in Chamarajpet, Bangalore, offered no comment on the tragic development.