When 59-year-old Nandkishor Radheshyam Sharma left his home for a glimpse of the Sant Dnyaneshwar palkhi procession passing through the city, he did not know where his devotion was leading him, or that the city would punish him for it with death.

Victim of apathy: Nandkishor Sharma

Sharma, who worked as office superintendent at the MES department in Southern Command, was near NMV School on Bajirao Road, hoping to see the warkaris pass by, when a speeding car knocked him down from the rear, around 8 pm on Saturday.
While the rash driver fled away, Sharma blacked out.