Tragedy’s face that went around the world

“He walked towards me, holding two children. They were covered in blood. He said Sahib, my wife is probably dead, I have to find her, please take my children to the hospital. The children were crying Mummy, Mummy.” Head Constable Suresh Salunkhe of the Government Railway Police at the CST station can never forget that sight — Vasai utensilseller Bharat Nevadiya, bleeding profusely from gunshot wounds in the shoulder and on the back, pleading with him to save three year old Anjali and one year old Viraj.

Salunkhe says he scooped up Viraj with one hand and held on to Anjali with the other. He stopped Bharat from heading towards a pile of bodies to look for wife Poonam. “I told him you can look for your wife later but come with me to the hospital first. You are bleeding, get yourself treated.” Salunkhe then ran for a stretcher.

At the hospital, as Bharat was wheeled into the operation theatre, the children kept “crying for Mummy”, scared by the sight of bodies and blood on the floor.

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India bans Chinese dairy products

The Commerce Ministry on Thursday imposed a ban on the import of Chinese dairy products after these items were found contaminated with melamine that killed children in China recently.

The ban, which comes into immediate effect for three months until further orders, follows the Union Health Ministry’s letter to the Customs Department and Commerce Ministry in this regard.

“We had asked the Customs Department and the Commerce Ministry to look into the milk products which are imported from China, as Chinese milk powder, sweets and chocolates containing milk are seen in the market,” said a senior official in the Health Ministry.

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