The death of 25-year-old Rasila Raju in Pune has left her family members shell-shocked.
They said Rasila was an enterprising student. She graduated from a prominent engineering college in Coimbatore and was recruited by Infosys two years ago through a campus interview. She then moved to Bengaluru and from there to Pune.
Rasila’s father O. Raju hails from Kuruvattur, a village in Kozhikode. He works as a Home Guard at the Kunnamangalam police station. He is now in Mumbai with a few family members to bring back the girl’s body. Her mother died of cancer a few years ago.
Manoj, a relative, said Rasila had been in touch with her family online just a few hours before the tragedy. “We were not aware of the seriousness of the situation when Infosys authorities requested us to rush to Pune. In fact, they asked us to fly down,” he said. A large number of people, including party leaders, visited her house early in the morning. The girl was in her hometown about a month ago to attend a family function.
