BY RUTA PATIL

The Navale bridge accident on Thursday evening didn’t just claim eight lives, it ripped families apart. Among those killed were 37-year-old Swatee Navalkar; her parents, Shanta and Dattatraya Dabhade; her friend’s three-year-old daughter, Mokshita Reddy; and the car’s driver, Dhananjay Koli.

What was meant to be a day of prayer, gratitude, and celebration ended as a tragedy that has left Swatee’s sister Komal, her husband Santosh, and her children Ankita and Sarthak shattered. Her daughter is in Class 10 and son is a first year data science student.

According to neighbours, Swatee had undertaken a navas (vow) for her father, who had previously been paralysed, to recover his mobility. Thursday marked the fifth and final of her visits to the Narayanpur temple. She decided to

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