Mumbai: The terror attacks in Mumbai have affected people across religious and regional lines. Cries rent the air at the Faridabad house of 25-year-old Gautam Goswami. Family members can't believe that Gautam is no more with them.
Gautam was a hotel management student of Sophia college and was working as a trainee at the Taj hotel when the terror struck. The family heard of the tragedy from Gautam's principal who called them. They had last spoken to Gautam late at night.
"He called at 1:45 am, told us that he's going to hide in the basement and we should watch the news channels to get information," says Trilok Singh, Gautam’s relative.
Grief also struck the family of Malayash Bannerji who was killed in the firing at the Taj. Malayash was working with an MNC and was there for a meeting. Since his death, his parents have locked themselves in the house. Malayash was their only child and was getting married next month.
"As soon as he came out of the hotel after the meeting, firing began and he was hit in the leg," says Malayash’s relative Sunil Dasgupta,
There are many such shattered homes. Zubera Khatoom is a broken woman. She lost 6 members of her family, including her sons Murtaza and Mustafa, at the CST shootout. They were waiting to catch a train back home.
"It had not been even 1 year they had gone to Mumbai. They were returning home when this happened," says the mother of the victim.
As the city grapples terror there are many who have lost the battle already with their near and dear ones lost in the attacks.
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