7/11 train blasts victim dies after 9 yrs in coma

Mumbai: Parag Sawant, who was injured in the 7/11 serial train blasts in Mumbai, died at PD Hinduja Hospital in Mahim on Tuesday morning after battling his injuries for nine years. Doctors at the hospital said that he was in a vegetative state for all these years.

In 2013, Sawant had shown signs of improvement but his condition deteriorated later, said doctors. Sawant underwent multiple operations for brain treatment and had been on supportive care. He underwent physiotherapy for a few years.

The 7/11 Mumbai suburban trains serial blasts, carried out in a span of just 11 minutes, targeted the crowded suburban services during the evening peak hours as bombs kept in pressure cookers went off in north-bound locals on Western Railway.

A total of 209 commuters were killed and another 700-plus injured in the most deadly attack on Mumbai's lifeline at Bhayander, Borivali, Jogeshwari, Khar Road, Bandra, Mahim and Matunga Road, while one unexploded bomb was found by police and defused at Borivali. Two years ago -- in May 2013 -- Amit Singh, who was injured in the serial blasts, had succumbed to his injuries at Jaslok Hospital, Peddar Road. Sawant, a resident of Bhayandar, is survived by his parents, wife and seven-year-old daughter. He was working as an assistant sales manager in a firm. His wife Priti has been given a job with the Indian Railways.