Delhi riots: In search for their loved ones……in the mortuary

New Delhi: Days after the violence in northeast Delhi ebbed, many families are still searching for relatives who went missing during the riotous days. Some have located their bodies in hospitals, which have reported 42 deaths, till Friday. Others are still doing the rounds.

 

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Autorickshaw driver Babbu, 35, left home in Bhajanpura’s Sri Ram Colony on Tuesday afternoon, but was thrashed with iron rods by a mob a short distance away. Two hours after going out a family acquaintance informed them that Babbu had been found in a pool of blood, his vehicle in flames, and he had been taken first to Jag Pradesh Hospital and then the GTB hospital. He was dead when they reached the hospital. Babbu is survived by a mentally impaired wife and three young children.

 

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On Friday, many such people anxiously waited outside GTB Hospital to take back the bodies of their loved ones. The body of 30 year old Monis was identified in the morning by his brother. He claimed that he had made at least 10 rounds to the mortuary in the last three days to find his brother but was not allowed to see the unidentified bodies. Today, after finally being permitted entry, he found his brother’s body.

 

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A distressed woman was yet to locate her missing husband. “Dilshad is nowhere to be found,” a frantic Farha said. “He left home on Tuesday morning and there’s been no contact with him since. We have five children. I am at my wit’s end.”

 

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