<p>Five software professionals including a woman were among the 45 people killed in the private luxury bus accident in Mahboobnagar district in Andhra Pradesh the wee hours of today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Some of the techies were headed home in a Volvo bus of Jabbar Travels to celebrate Diwali festival this weekend with their families. Four of the five professionals were working with Bangalore-based Information technlogy(IT) firms.<br /><br />Jyothy Mahapatra (33), one of the victims, was working for a multinational software firm in Bangalore and was on his way to Hyderabad on the ill-fated bus to take a flight home to his native town of Cuttack to celebrate the Festival of Lights. The accident occurred near Palem, about 130 km from here.<br /><br />"As he could not get a direct flight ticket to Bhubaneswar from Bangalore, he took a bus upto Hyderabad. He was supposed to catch a flight from Hyderabad to Bhubaneswar tomorrow morning," Samarendra, Jyothy’s cousin said.<br /><br />Shakthi Kanth (28), who was also working with a software giant in Bangalore, was on his way to Hyderabad from where he was due to go to Bhubaneswar along with his family members who reside in Andhra Pradesh capital.<br /><br />Vittu Amarender(29), who is working with another IT firm in Bangalore, also fell a victim in the mishap.<br /><br />Amarender hailed from Nancharla village in Karimnagar District and his wife is pregnant, his relatives said.<br /><br />B Akshay Singh (22), a resident of Jawahar Nagar of Hyderabad and an employee with a local IT company in Bangalore, died in the accident, said Dr Sudhakar, uncle of the deceased.<br /><br />Roohia, a resident of Mehadipatnam and who was working with a little-known IT company in Hyderabad was among the deceased, her uncle said. </p>
<p>Five software professionals including a woman were among the 45 people killed in the private luxury bus accident in Mahboobnagar district in Andhra Pradesh the wee hours of today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Some of the techies were headed home in a Volvo bus of Jabbar Travels to celebrate Diwali festival this weekend with their families. Four of the five professionals were working with Bangalore-based Information technlogy(IT) firms.<br /><br />Jyothy Mahapatra (33), one of the victims, was working for a multinational software firm in Bangalore and was on his way to Hyderabad on the ill-fated bus to take a flight home to his native town of Cuttack to celebrate the Festival of Lights. The accident occurred near Palem, about 130 km from here.<br /><br />"As he could not get a direct flight ticket to Bhubaneswar from Bangalore, he took a bus upto Hyderabad. He was supposed to catch a flight from Hyderabad to Bhubaneswar tomorrow morning," Samarendra, Jyothy’s cousin said.<br /><br />Shakthi Kanth (28), who was also working with a software giant in Bangalore, was on his way to Hyderabad from where he was due to go to Bhubaneswar along with his family members who reside in Andhra Pradesh capital.<br /><br />Vittu Amarender(29), who is working with another IT firm in Bangalore, also fell a victim in the mishap.<br /><br />Amarender hailed from Nancharla village in Karimnagar District and his wife is pregnant, his relatives said.<br /><br />B Akshay Singh (22), a resident of Jawahar Nagar of Hyderabad and an employee with a local IT company in Bangalore, died in the accident, said Dr Sudhakar, uncle of the deceased.<br /><br />Roohia, a resident of Mehadipatnam and who was working with a little-known IT company in Hyderabad was among the deceased, her uncle said. </p>