On Wednesday, Ramesh and his son Ashok regained consciousness for the first time after they escaped the blaze on the Samjhauta Express. Two months backs, Ramesh, a grocer from Sialkot, had come to Delhi with his son to meet sister Raj Rani and other relatives.They boarded the Samjhauta Express on Sunday as their visas were about to expire. Though they jumped off the moving train after the blasts, the duo suffered serious burns. But before falling unconscious, Ramesh called up relatives in Delhi and informed them about the incident. “He took somebody’s mobile phone and called us up. His voice was shivering and he was in a complete state of shock. He talked today and is happy that his son is safe too,” said Raj Rani at the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi. “We are happy that they have opened their eyes. We are hopeful that they will soon be alright,” added cousin Kailashwanti.

‘Where is my father?’

NEW DELHI: “I want to meet my father. Where is he?” Desperation is writ on the face of two-year-old Mohammad Sohail as he waits outside the burns ward of the Safdarjung Hospital. His father Mohammad Zakhir is recuperating here with 20 per cent burns. “He has been asking about his father again and again. I don’t find any answers to satisfy him. I think it’s better to take him back to Bijnore. I have four others kids there,” says Sohail’s mother Shabnam with tears rolling down her cheeks. Meanwhile, Zakhir’s condition deteriorated on Wednesday. The tailor from Bijnore lost both his parents in the mishap. Zakhir’s parents were lying on the upper berth and could not jump out in time. Incidentally, the security personnel who saved Zakhir perished in the fire.

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