BMW crash: Is this how cheap life is in Gurgaon...

“My wife is no more, my mother-in-law has multiple fractures and is critical, my father-in-law  has a broken backbone and I have a fractured pelvis.” This is the painful story of Shailesh Shetye, who lost his wife, Kshama Chopra Shetye and their unborn child last week when a speeding BMW rammed into their Indigo in Gurgaon on 5 May. [caption id=“attachment_307572” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Agencies”]  [/caption] Shailesh had come to Gurgaon along with his wife to get his father-in-law treated for his heart condition. On 5 May they were hit by a BMW speeding at 150 kmph. While his pregnant wife and the driver died on the spot, he and his in-laws were taken to hospital. The BMW was owned by a real estate businessman Devender Sehrawat. In a letter traced by The Times of India, Shailesh describes to his friend, his feelings after the ghastly incident: “My heart was ripped open on May 5th 2012 in agony; I was told that my wife Kshama had passed away with our unborn child… You will have to stand in front of a speeding BMW to feel what I felt when I saw her. Twelve beautiful years, from college to UK and back to India, and this is where we are. Who would have thought that the decision to come to Gurgaon for two to three days to get my father-in-law treated for his heart condition would end up like this. My wife is no more, my mother-in-law has multiple fractures and is critical, my father-in-law has a broken backbone and I have a fractured pelvis. There is disbelief, there is anger and then there is frustration - is this what Gurgaon is all about? Is this how cheap life is to people… Will Kshama get justice? Of course, she will. I believe this and so do more than 20,000 other people in and around Gurgaon and across India who have joined the movement to support us. I don’t even know who started the Facebook page and petition… I just know that they are all around us. " A group of citizens, mostly Shailesh and Kshama’s friends, created the Facebook page, which he mentions in the letter above. With over 20,000 followers already, the movement is gathering momentum. The group will be carrying out a peaceful protest march in Gurgaon today. Though Shailesh and his well-wishers are hopeful of justice, reports of a cover-up in the case have already started to trickle in. While initial reports had said that Sehrawat’s son was on the wheels of the killer BMW, his close aid Rajesh surrendered in a Gurgaon court on 12 May, claiming that he was driving the BMW. While Gurgaon police said they would question Rajesh, they admitted on Friday that the case is witnessing delays and the owners of the BMW haven’t even bothered to respond to the police summons, an NDTV report said.