Soon after the verdict was delivered by the Sessions Court yesterday, MiD DAY contacted some of the people affected by the blasts to gauge their reaction. They all had one request in common; the perpetrator of this ghastly act should be handed the maximum punishment so that no one should dare hatch a conspiracy again.u00a0

Recounting horror
Sadhana Turakhiya, wife of blast survivor Bharat Turakhiya, said that the lone person arrested in the case who was found guilty by the court of law is just a pawn and that the big names of the terror network are still at large. “Rather than punishing one person, there should be efforts to root out terrorism,” said Sadhana. u00a055-year-old businessman Bharat sustained severe splinter injuries and has undergone five operations till date to remove the fragments lodged in his body.