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5 years of 7/11 attacks, victims await justice

5 years of 7/11 attacks, victims await justice

Author: Yogita Limaye
Publication: IBNLive.com
Date: July 11, 2011
URL: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/5-years-of-711-attacks-victims-await-justice/166485-3.html

It has been five years since the 7/11 train attacks in Mumbai that killed 188 people, but it's ironic that the accused have still not been brought to the justice.

On July 11, 2006 Mumbai's suburban railway system was ripped apart by 7 bomb blasts within 11 minutes leaving 188 people dead and over 800 injured.

Artist and designer Mahendra Pitale who lost his left hand in the blast at Jogeshwari station feel it's inevitable that the slow 7/11 trial is compared to the relatively speedy 26/11 trial.

"According to me higher class public, foreigners were involved in 26/11 at Taj. Because of that the government has to take immediate action against the terrorists involved. Whereas in 7/11 bomb blasts middle class public was involved so the government didn't pay any attention," Pitale said.

The trial began in December 2007 after 13 people were arrested and charged under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). But the special court is very far from a verdict with witnesses still being examined.

"The accused are not punished yet. They call us in the court and ask have you got the money and all. The accused there laugh at us. They should be punished not only punished but hanged till death," Hansraj Kanojia, 7/11 victim said.

Jayprakash Gurav a fruit vendor who lost his leg in the blast at feels no sense of security even today.

Five years may have dimmed the memories of that terrible train attack but the fact is that local trains particularly continue to be easy terror targets even as the masterminds of both Mumbai attacks in recent years continue to roam around scot free.


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