The stampede at a police recruitment drive at a Kalina hostel here today, which left one killed and 11 injured, has shattered hopes of most of the job aspirants who came from different parts of Maharashtra.
A sense of depression has set in at the VN Desai hospital where some of the injured were admitted.
24-year-old Kiran Choudhary said he lost all original documents of his educational qualifications during the melee. He hoped the police would help him in finding them.
"I have four sisters and have to get them married. I was heavily banking on this job. Now my hopes are shattered," he said, adding that there was not enough police 'bandobast' at the spot.
Vinayak (22), another injured admitted in the hospital, said there was too much confusion at the window and there was no one to direct us. There were no police officers to maintain the queue.
His physically disabled brother said, "Our family was hoping that Vinayak would get this job. Now we do not know what would be his fate."
"What will I do now? Our entire family was depending on him," said the father of 22-year-old Ramesh Gopinath from Ahmednagar, who was crushed to death in the stampede.
