[HumJanenge] A.K. Sharma an unsung RTI user blown to bits, family is prey for touts

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-end-of-ordeal-for-blast-victims-relatives/182469-3.html
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/handover-of-bodies-delayed-protests-by-kin/843857/

New Delhi: After having lost their loved ones in Wednesday's terror attack, the ordeal for the families has just started. From callous hospital authorities to bureaucratic red tape, there is no respite for those mourning the dead.

Damini lost her father AK Sharma in the High Court blast on Wednesday. Sharma was a school teacher. Damini said her father had filed several RTI's to expose the corrupt practices in the educational system for which both he and his wife were suspended immediately. For four years they survived on bare minimum. He could have bowed to pressure but instead chose to fight his case. And that's why he was at the High Court on Wednesday.

"We barely manage to survive. My mother starts savin up for my sister's fees one year in advance," said Damini Sharma.

The youngest in the family, Rishabh, is still in a state of shock.

"Till I heard my mother talking on the phone, I was not aware that my father has expired," said Rishabh.

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Meanwhile, All India Anti-Terrorist Front head M S Bitta stood outside the mortuary, trying to placate the feeling of the relatives. He made arrangements for taking the body of A K Sharma, an RTI activist who lost his life in the blast, to his home in Dwarka.

"I find myself arranging for the basic necessities at this point, something that the government should have done. If nothing, at least the Sub-Divisional Magistrate could have come here to take stock of the situation. The bodies are literally being pushed out. Is this how we are going to fight terrorism?" questioned Bitta.

Relatives also complained of the presence of touts outside the mortuary, who would charged anywhere around Rs 700 to impress upon the mortuary authorities for conducting an early post-mortem of bodies.