I was aghast seeing the gory footage of the dying minutes of Kora, the rickshaw puller, at Imphal in Manipur, on the net.
The explosion of the IED, at the Sangai festival, has taken place just days before the Prime Minister's visit to Manipur and the site of the blast is about 50 mts from the new convention centre to be inaugurated by him on 03 Dec. The story has it that Kora was given a package by a terrorist group to be placed at vantage points and he'd taken a measly sum of Rs. 20/- as charges for its transportation! Perhaps, the fuse had mistimed or was Kora also an unwitting member of the dastardly crime - only the investigations will bring out the truth. But one thing is certain, he mustn't have thought, in his wildest dreams, that it would turn out to be the cost of his ticket to eternity!!
The footage initially shows him, with a dazed look on his face, in a sitting position thanks to a blown up lower torso and finally, tilting into the ground as his life ebbs away.
It's my sincere hope that this footage rallies the masses against the terrorists, responsible for the brutality. They must realise that a terrorist can never be their friend!
The explosion of the IED, at the Sangai festival, has taken place just days before the Prime Minister's visit to Manipur and the site of the blast is about 50 mts from the new convention centre to be inaugurated by him on 03 Dec. The story has it that Kora was given a package by a terrorist group to be placed at vantage points and he'd taken a measly sum of Rs. 20/- as charges for its transportation! Perhaps, the fuse had mistimed or was Kora also an unwitting member of the dastardly crime - only the investigations will bring out the truth. But one thing is certain, he mustn't have thought, in his wildest dreams, that it would turn out to be the cost of his ticket to eternity!!
The footage initially shows him, with a dazed look on his face, in a sitting position thanks to a blown up lower torso and finally, tilting into the ground as his life ebbs away.
It's my sincere hope that this footage rallies the masses against the terrorists, responsible for the brutality. They must realise that a terrorist can never be their friend!
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