Ramdhani Yadav, 49, the sarpanch of Barthani village in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, had come to the city to meet with a potential groom for his daughter and was on his way to meet the young man in Mulund on Saturday, when his life was cut short in the Metro slab collapse, the deceased’s relatives told mid-day.

Yadav arrived in Mumbai on February 10, and on the day of the incident, he was travelling in an autorickshaw from Kalwa, where he was residing with relatives, to Mulund and the vehicle was driven by Rajkumar Yadav, 45, a fellow villager.