'Justice delayed, denied': For victims' kin, horror of July '06 still unavenged
Mumbai, July 22 -- Disappointment, anger and frustration - the voices of those whose lives were torn apart by the explosions that ripped through local trains in Mumbai on July 11, 2006, were steeped in emotion on Monday.
Among the 188 people killed in the serial blasts was 23-year-old Harshal Bhalerao, who worked at a private company in Andheri.
"We waited for justice for 19 years," said a livid Yashwant Bhalerao, Harshal's father, after hearing the verdict. He claimed the police had hastily arrested the accused to show they had completed the investigation. Due to this, proper evidence was not found," he lamented.
Chartered accountant Ameet Shrawagi, who lost his father, Mohan, in the blasts, said, "This is a mockery of the entire justice system. I'm feeling disgusted."
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