Sikandar8217;s life limps back to normalcy

The incident has reinforced the family8217;s growing belief that Mumbai is turning into a gangster8217;s haven where the common is expendable. 8220;You don8217;t know who is a criminal. You don8217;t know who will strike when and where. Even commuting by local trains is proving dangerous now. We are now scared of going out,8221; said Javed.

8220;My sons are hard working and good boys. They never mess around. Of late I have been warning them every time they leave house to just mind their ownbusiness. I get anxious if they return home late,8221; said Sikandar8217;s mother.

Sikandar, himself stunned, is thankful to the policemen who rushed him to hospital. 8220;I have been in vehicular accidents before but this is the first time I received a bullet injury,8221; the 18-year-old said matter-of-factly.

Meanwhile, sixty-year-old Ramdas Sonawane, who was also injured, has been moved to KEM, and his condition is stable.