The only consolation for the family is that Kamruddin, a dairy owner, has survived and is now recuperating at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.
When the dizzying rounds of the mortuary tire them, they dial numbers to various offices in Pakistan and Delhi for permission to take Yunus’ body home.
His mother, struck with the double tragedy of losing her husband and only son, is beyond consolation. “Her elder son Mustafa was murdered last year. Where has the goodness of the world gone?” asks Hukumuddin before dialling another number.
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