Sunday 25 November 2012

Mumbai terror victim families in Hyderabad say Kasab hanging delayed



Udumula Sudhakar Reddy
:Terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging brought joy to the
family members of Mumbai terror attack victims in the city. Out of
three from the State fallen to bullets and blasts in Mumbai in 2008
two are from Hyderabad and their much awaited agony seeking justice
ended on Wednesday morning when they heard ‘Kasab hanged’.
Ms Saroja Rao of Neredmet the mother of Taj Executive Chef Vijay Rao
Banja who was shot dead in the hotel on ill fated night says
,”"Justice is done at last but it would have been done much earlier,”
With tears in her eyes Saroja said ,”I still recall the day my son
died. Four years passed away. My grandson Rohan who is at Mumbai under
the care of Taj group has come here recently to see us. He wants to
help aged and widows,”
Vijay’s wife Fareeda died six months after Mumbai attack with cardiac
arrest in a state. It was a double tragedy for the family. Vijay was
47 when he died and served with Taj for more than two decades.
  Vijay's brother Vinod Rao Banja a property manager of a church
says,"I hope the hanging of Kasab will be a deterrence to other
terrorists. We feel sorry for all the innocent people who died. We
hope centre will here after take steps to act tough against
terrorists. Kasab’s hanging was a long due. Today morning my another
brother Vimal Bhanja a retired group captain from Bengaluru called me
and informed about the hanging of Kasab,”
Recalling the past he said ,’We were in touch with my brother on ill
fated night till 2.30 am. During the last call he made he said he will
not be able to talk to us as the situation is become serious. In the
morning we were told he was shot dead,”  Vijay’s family was given a
compensation of Rs 3 lakh by the State government and Rs 7 lakh by the
centre. “What is money for his family the only surviving member Rohan
when he lost both his parents,”
Another family member Shalini  a retired teacher of Stanley school
sister in law of Vijay says ,”We are happy with the hanging. It’s a
big lesson for such elements,” She said ,”we never thought Vijay would
die in the terror attack. Terrorism has to be eradicated totally from
the country so that no citizensuffer,”.
Another family of advocate and tax consultant Lakshmi Narayan Goyal 55
who died in car blast at Mumbai shifted their residence from
Bahadurpura to Banjara Hills MLA colony and maintaining low profile.
Mr N Sanjay a former employee with Goyal says "Several crores are
spent on Kasab unnecessarily. He would have been hanged long back. Any
how it is done at last. Goyal is survived by wife and four daughters.
He is an advocate dealing with Central Excise and Customs cases and
used to travel regularly to Mumbai and Bengaluru. His wife Meena Devi
is in Mumbai now. His daughters are in Gujarat and United States,”
Lakshmi Narayana’s youngest daughter, Shrushti Goel, was an employee
of Google, Hyderabad.
Lakshmi Narayana on the evening of November 26 informed the family
members that he missed Hussainsagar Express from CST and he would come
again on the next day. He was killed when he boarded a taxi to go to
his sister in law’s home when the car exploded in the blast near Vile
Parle. Ameena Begum, 20, of Nizamabad too had fallen prey to the
terrorists' bullets at the Chhatrapati Sivaji Terminus (CST) while
trying to protect her niece. Her father, Mr Abdul Rasheed, who also
sustained bullet injuries died later of sickness.

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