[Assam] Victims seek death for mastermind

[Nava Thakuria]

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100506/nation.htm#15
 
Victims seek death for mastermind 

Bijay Sankar Bora
Tribune News Service
Guwahati, May 5

Forty-five year-old Khiroda Kalita’s life took a tragic turn when she lost her 22-year-old son Moni Barman, sole bread earner of a family of four, in the blast at Ganeshguri in the city on October 30, 2008 - the day serial blasts rocked Assam. 
More than 90 persons were killed and about 400 injured in the serial terror that was masterminded by Ranjan Daimary, leader of the banned Bodo militant group the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), who was arrested in Bangladesh and handed over to the Assam police on May 1.
The families who had been hit by the serial blasts want death penalty for Ranjan Daimary.
“Hang him or hand him over to us. There is no question of showing any mercy to Daimary, who had masterminded the serial blasts that killed my son,” said Khiroda Kalita in a choked voice.
Khiroda used to run a tea stall. Once Moni started plying an autorickshaw, he had asked his mother to close her shop. The family was just trying to wriggle out of abject poverty when the blast snatched Moni from the family. “Daimary must be punished in such a way that no one ever dare to become another Ranjan Daimary,” She said.
Rupa Kalita, who lost her husband, in the blast, said: “Ranjan Daimary should be tormented to death. His near and dear ones should also feel the agony of losing a husband or a son.”