Click to play videoNew Delhi: It was life as usual for many at the Old Delhi Railway station on Monday. But for those with relatives on the Attari Express, life would never be the same again.
Mohammed Aslam was one of the many sifting through the names on the list of victims on Monday morning. He was anxiously asking officials for news of his three sisters.
"Had they been the victim we would have got the information by now. But there is no information,” he said.
It was at platform no. 18 that Aslam bid goodbye to his sisters on Sunday night. However, little did he know that he would be back again at the same place within a few hours - searching every compartment of every train coming to Delhi from Panipat for any sign of his relatives.
There were many like Mohd Aslam, who were holding on to any shred of information coming their way but no news could be good news for them as it left them with some hope.
But not everyone was as hopeful. Naseem Khan knew that his two cousins had been admitted into the intensive care unit at Safdarjung Hospital.
“They are here and I have no information,” Naseem said.
But only minutes after we spoke to him, Naseem learnt that his uncle, who was also on the train, had not survived the blasts.
Naseem and Aslam might not have met on Sunday night. But for them, like many others, Platform Number 18 marks one train journey that will be hard to forget.
(With inputs from Shreya Dhondhial)
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