Mumbai, Sept. 15 -- Farooq Mapkar, who was shot at by a policeman during the 1992-93 riots and whose dogged struggle for justice made him the face of the riots, was on Sunday felicitated by the Kokan Mercantile Co-operative Bank, his employer for 37 years. The 61-year-old had not only served the bank but also society through his struggle, said well-known Urdu journalist and editor Farooque Sayyed, who conducted the felicitation programme at the KC College auditorium in Churchgate. The packed 1,000-seater auditorium burst into applause as Mapkar, who joined the bank as a security guard and retired as a peon, walked up to the stage to receive his award. In the audience were several dignitaries and bank directors who witnessed his long struggle to get sub inspector Nikhil Kapse to stand trial. On January 10, 1993, Kapse had opened fire inside Wadala's Hari Masjid, killing six people and injuring Mapkar in the shoulder as he bent for namaz. The policeman was indicted later for unwarranted shooting by the justice BN Srikrishna Commission. "Once, when my trial as a riot accused was on, the sessions judge, irked by my willingness to cross-examine two policemen in the absence of my lawyer, had remarked sarcastically: 'How come you get leave to attend court on every date?' She didn't know that my seniors never once stopped me from fighting for justice," Mapkar told Hindustan Times....