The locality has a sizeable Tamilian population, many of whose relatives had borne the brunt of the December 26 tsunami in Tamil Nadu. So frightened were some residents that they were packing to leave for southern India and return after the monsoon was over.

Those who died had braved the worst natural calamity the city had ever seen, but were fatally trampled by a cruel rumour circulated by a bunch of wicked people.

Also See: Marooned Mumbai