“I was standing right near the bush, when the bomb went off,” said Pavan Purohit, an eyewitness at the L G Hospital. The bomb, placed in a Maruti 800 car, was so powerful that the vehicle was thrown up about 20 feet in the air. “All I saw was a Maruti flying up in the air and landing with a thud,” Purohit said. The impact of the blast shattered the window panes of the Emergency ward, about 100 m away.

“We are trying to know the where about of our relative, Dr Prerak Shah, can you please help,” asked a distraught Minati Shah. “Prerak was an orthopaedic doctor here and we don’t know where he is ever since the blast,” she said.

The news was already out. Shah with his wife were dead along with many other in the hospital. The doctors knew it, so did the medical students, but to break the news to the family members was not an easy task. Some long minutes followed. And then Nain Shah, Minati’s husband returned from the doctors’ chambers. “Rinki (Kinjal) was three months pregnant, he had brought her for a check-up when this happened,” Minati said.6.31 pm: Hatkeshwar Circle

WHEN, WHERE

6.45 pm: Sardar Patel Diamond Market, Govindvadi, Thakkarnagar

7 pm: Sarangpur, near Khodiyar Temple, Jaymala Bus Stand

7:05 pm: Rajendranagar in Odhav

7:10 pm: Maninagar Bus Stand, Sarangpur

7:45 pm: Raipur, Sangum Theatre

7.54 pm: Civil Hospital Trauma Ward

8 pm: LG Hospital

8.08 pm: Mariyum Ni Chali