scorecardresearch
Thursday, Mar 28, 2024
Advertisement
Premium

Delhi: One more body identified at RML Hospital; Father of 2 and daily wage labourer had left home for work

Bhure is survived by his sons, aged six and eight. “His wife died six years ago after giving birth to their second child. Since then, the children have been brought up by me and my daughter, Sharmila,” said Bhure’s mother.

Delhi riot, RML Hospital, delhi violence, delhinews, indian express news At RML Hospital, Tuesday. (Photo: Prem Nath Pandey)

After waiting for a week for Bhure (25) to return home, his family found his body at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital mortuary on Tuesday. “He was wearing a purple shirt, had a mark on his left arm and a black thread around his neck. That is how we identified him,” said his elder sister, Sharmila Mullick.

Bhure used to work in Mustafabad as a daily wage labourer. He lived with his family in Ghaziabad’s Loni.

His mother said: “The last time I saw him was on the morning of February 26. He ate breakfast and left for work. He would always bid us goodbye before leaving. But that day, he did not. We had no idea he would never return.”

Advertisement

Bhure is survived by his sons, aged six and eight. “His wife died six years ago after giving birth to their second child. Since then, the children have been brought up by me and my daughter, Sharmila,” said Bhure’s mother.

Sharmila added: “His number had been unreachable since the 26th. We know that if he was alive, he would have left us a message somehow… His children have no parents now. What will I tell them?”

Festive offer

According to a police officer, Bhure’s body was found in the Bhagirathi nalah. “We do not know how he got there. He had a number of wounds on his head. The post-mortem will be conducted tomorrow morning,” said the officer.

Of the five bodies in the RML mortuary, only two — that of Bhure and Aftab (21) — have been identified. While four of the bodies were found in a drain in Gokulpuri, one of them was found in Karawal Nagar. So far, 42 of the 47 victims have been identified.

Advertisement

Aftab’s body was identified by his family on March 2 and was handed over to his family after the autopsy. They said they will seek an inquest to understand the cause of his death.

Meanwhile, at GTB Hospital, Ayub Malik (18) succumbed to head injuries on March 2.

“He had been unconscious since February 24. I never got a chance to meet him one last time. At 7.30 on March 2, I was told he was no more,” said his brother Waseem (28).

Ayub had two sisters and two brothers. “Our sister’s wedding was scheduled for April 11. Ayub went to Bhajanpura market to get clothes for the wedding on the 24th. I was sleeping when he left. He never returned,” said Waseem. Ayub and his brother sold bangles in Indirapuram.

Advertisement

Hospital authorities, meanwhile, have not confirmed if Ayub was injured during last week’s riots.

First uploaded on: 04-03-2020 at 03:37 IST
Latest Comment
Post Comment
Read Comments
Advertisement
shorts
Maguntas
Political PulseUpdated: March 28, 2024 22:43 IST

Away from the national capital’s courtroom where the case against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is playing out, two key figures embroiled in the excise policy case – four-time MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and his son Raghava Magunta Reddy – are busy campaigning for BJP ally Telugu Desam Party (TDP)

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
close