Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Mumbai 2006 train bombing victim Parag Sawant dies


Parag Sawant, victim of the July 11, 2006, serial blasts on Mumbai local trains died at Mumbai's Hinduja Hospital on Tuesday morning after nine years in coma.
Sawant, resident of suburban Bhyander in Thane district was heading home in the first-class compartment of a Virar-bound train when a bomb exploded in his compartment at Mira Road station.
On 11th  July 2006 one of seven bombs exploded in his train carriage.
The bombings killed at least 187 people and injured more than 800, PTI said.The bombs were packed into seven pressure cookers and put in bags during the evening rush hour.
His wife, Preeti Sawant, who was pregnant at the time of the incident, was given a job in the Western Railway.
Sawant was in coma and briefly showed signs of recovery. But he suffered from convulsions and lapsed back into vegetative state.
Sawant's last rites will be performed on Wednesday.

No comments:

Post a Comment