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.
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