For the two children, Razzaq and Zeenab, studying in the Zakir Hussain High School, the daily routine has remained unchanged. “Rezzaq would ask me many questions everyday, while Zeenab was too young to understand what was going on. All I did was to keep saying that he was innocent and will be released soon,” said Najma.
“He was sleeping when around 11 PM in April they came and picked him up. The police officers kept turning us away," said Najma, who lost her father-in-law, Haji Hussain Hathila, a former Godhra Railway Station employee, while Ruhul was lodged in jail.