From Our Correspondent
Guwahati: It’s a day that they won’t forget till their their breath , for on this day in the year 2008 they lost reasons to smile anymore, and their lives were rendered burden of sorrow that they will have to carry throughout.
About 100 innocent people were snatched away from their near and dear ones and over 400 hundreds were maimed for the rest of their lives in the serial blasts triggered by terrorists at three crowded places in Guwahati city besides Kokrajhar, Barpeta Road and Bongaigaon in Assam.
Families and close relatives of terror victims who lost their lives at the most devastating of all the blasts at Ganeshguri in Guwahati, gathered beside the memorial pillar built at the site to pay tribute to their lost family members. As the horrific memory of that black October 30 came back to them, most broke down and sobbed uncontrollably. Fervent appeals were made to militants to spare lives of innocents in the state and give peace a chance.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi too joined the relatives of terror victims in praying for the eternal peace of the lost souls as well as for restoration of permanent peace in the state. “Those insurgents who are still holding to the gun, should understand that violence is not going to solve their problems but cause immense misery to the innocent people. The people of Assam hope for permanent peace in the state,” Gogoi said in a heavy voice.
Lawyers from Guwahati observed a black day in protest against continuing violence in the state as well as to remember some of their colleagues who lost their lives during the serial terror strike that also rocked the crowded campus of Chief Judicial Magistrate in the city on October 30, 2008.
The blast at CJM court took lives of many people including young lawyers Dipamoni Saikia, Anup Bhuyan, Bipul Nath, court staff Abul Kalam Ahmed and security guard Mahesh Saud. The lawyers hoisted a black flag at the campus of Guwahati Lawyers Association office, organised prayer meeting and all religion prayer hoping for restoration of permanent peace in the state.
People of the state lighted lamps in their residences on Sunday evening remembering those who lost their lives and in the serial terror.
