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Delhi blast: Honesty turns fatal for boy

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  • Sincerity and honesty became the death warrant for the child who lost his life in the blast that shook the flower market in Mehrauli of South Delhi on Saturday.

    Santosh Kumar (13), who fell victim to the low intensity bomb, was only trying to return the 'packet' of the two motorcycle-borne youth.

    Little did Kumar, hailing from Bihar, know that he was trying to return the bomb, which the duo had deliberately dropped.

    The last words heard by eyewitnesses and his relations were Kumar saying, ‘bhai saab, aapka packet gir gaya hai (brother, your packet has fallen).’

    "Everything happened so suddenly. Thick smoke came out instantly and there was a bang. My nephew was in blood," recounts his maternal uncle Fantoosh, a snacks vendor selling omelets and boiled eggs.

    Santosh was sent by his maternal uncle to fetch a crate of eggs when the incident happened.

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    His grandmother, Rekha, was wailing for Kumar who was declared brought dead by the hospital authorities.

    Santosh's father works as a labourer in a godown in Delhi while his brother is a rickshaw puller.

    His parents belong to Lakhi Sarai district in Bihar and had migrated to Delhi in 1980s. They were living in Islam colony near to the blast site.

    Migrant labourers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh live in this colony.

    Secular TerrorismBy: Ashok | 27-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward I gusee, Santhosh, his parents, his uncle and his grandparents are not humans and that is why they dont have any human rights. Humans are those who killed him and they deserve a fair trial and support by our home minister Patil and HRD Minister Arjun Singh and also NHRC. Wow. What a nation! In the name of peace and secularism our leaders have become the worst. My honest question to all the Muslims. If you think it is unjust to suspect your community of terror links and you protest it saying it is only a few amongst you have sympathy to Jihadists and that the entire community should'nt be targeted, why dont you protest against those very few in your community who are spoiling the name of your whole community than trying to express solidarity with those people who are suspected of terror?
    VOICE OF AN INDIANBy: INDIAN | 27-Sep-2008 Reply | Forward Manmohan sing, measure to tackle terrorism may be a nightmare for your incapable government,but atleast try to give maximum compensation immediately to the young and innocent boy's family with that his injured family can slightly pacify.
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