One-room house workshop for cooker bombs

8220;Our houses are so close to each other that if my son cries the neighbours can hear him. Yesterday, Sahidunisa forgot to put out her stove. We saw the smoke coming out and woke her up. Do you think if the bombs were made here, we would not have been aware of it?8221; asks 60-year-old Habib Khan, Ali8217;s neighbour.

Ali worked as a distributor of Tslismi Moti, a tablet that helps teething babies.

His family and friends describe him as a homely man. 8220;He read namaz five times everyday. When he returned from work early, he would teach our four children. He changed many jobs to feed the family. For two years he worked in Asudha Urban Society Bank and when it shut down, he even distributed milk,8221; says Ali8217;s wife. His family claims that he was first picked up by the police immediately after 7/11 but was released after 15 days and detained again.

8220;We bought this house in 1978. Ali was living in a rented room for the past one year due to some tension in the family. He came back in January 2006. But of late, I have been running from one police station to another for him 8212; first Kurla and now Bhoiwada,8221; says Ali8217;s elder brother Dr Hazrat Sheikh 40, RMO at Arpan Nursing Home in Govandi.