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Id celebrations go sour Ludhiana, October 14 While the dead are being identified, most of the injured were Muslims. Iftekhar, a resident lost his legs in the incident. He was rushed to the CMC hospital. The emergency wing of the hospital was splattered with blood as 19 injured were admitted there. “We had thought of celebrating our evening in the cinema hall. There was a Bhojpuri movie being screened in the cinema and we thought we would have a good time. But, this was not to happen. We had the worst day of our life when we saw parts of body flying around and pieces of flesh littered here and there,” said an eyewitness, who was sitting in the last row where the impact of the blast was minimum. Another man, Madan, was injured but not very badly. He was in a state of shock and was not in a position to speak. Ravi Kumar, another injured brought to the hospital, said he was injured in the stampede. “People were running helter and skelter. There were no lights. We lost our mobile phones. Some persons lost their purses. But, who could look for these things. We just ran for life.” Jatinder and Bacho were sitting in the middle of the hall. They were shivering when The Tribune team got to talk to them. “Thank God! We are saved. We had a brush with death,” they said. Meanwhile, minister for industry Bikramjit Singh Majithia condemned the incident. He said it was a handiwork of killers of humanity. He directed the DC to pay for the treatment of the injured.
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Life usual for Ludhianvis Ludhiana, October 14 Known for living life to the full, the Ludhianvis enjoyed their food in the eateries, ventured out for evening walks even as the TV channels kept on updating the death toll and the number of injured. The only change was that PCR cops and police vehicles were seen zooming past in all parts. Even several shops remained open till late despite it being a Sunday. Residents continued to watch movies in various cinema halls and did not cancel the tickets for the late night shows even after the TV channels telecast the gory details of the blast. Only some people missed Ramlila shows. So much so that a market near the Shingar cinema did not close despite the blast. People were seen having food items on roadside. Meanwhile, people from outside Punjab were making frantic calls to locals to know about the ground situation. Many labourers, carrying mobile phones, were answering panic calls of relatives from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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