Andheri East resident Asmita Katkar, 35, was up to her usual morning routine — dropping her son off to school in Vijaynagar, Andheri West, going back to finish household chores, and then, reporting to work. Tuesday morning turned it topsy-turvy.

A little after 7.15 am, Asmita, a domestic help, left to take her son to school. But she never returned home. What came instead, for her family and neighbours, was news of a woman trapped under the debris of Gokhale bridge.