Off to work, they reached hospital

For Niruben Patel, it started out like any other day. She was headed for work today in a packed 90/6 which drops her at Bhatta near her offi...

For Niruben Patel, it started out like any other day. She was headed for work today in a packed 90/6 which drops her at Bhatta near her office but instead of office, Niruben, a health worker, landed up in hospital with injuries.

‘‘The driver, Haribhai Bharwad, of Route No 90/6 , was drinking water just outside the Vasna depot when there was an explosion and the bus was filled with smoke,’’ she says. She is one of the 10 injured in the three bomb explosions that shattered the tenuous peace in the city.

The explosion left driver Haribhai shell-shocked. ‘‘As soon as the bus came out of the terminus, there was a explosion just behind me. I do not know what happened but after the explosion, the entire bus was full of smoke. I could hardly see the passengers, all I could hear was people crying and shouting.’’ Bharwad, on his third trip of the day, is undergoing treatment at the V.S. Hospital.

Govind Rabari, conductor of Bus No 46/1, is a shaken man though he escaped injuries. ‘‘My bus left Kalupur terminus at 9.40 and an explosion took place as it reached Rajvi tower near Gurukul.’’

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