Delhi citizens pay tribute to Mumbai blast victims

New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): Citizens of Delhi took part in a candlelight march on Sunday, to pay homage to victims of serial blasts that rocked Mumbai on Wednesday, killing 19 people and leaving 132 injured.

A large number of people collected at India Gate to pay homage to the dead and injured.They lit candles on the occasion.

Three blasts rocked crowded areas of Mumbai, on July 13. It was one of the biggest militant attacks on India's financial and entertainment capital, Mumbai, since the November 2008 terrorist strikes.

The biggest blast was at the Opera House, previously a theatre and now a hub for diamond traders.

Another blast, took place in south Mumbai, at the Zaveri Bazaar, also India's largest bullion market, which was targeted by the militants twice in the past.

The third blast occurred at Dadar, a crowded area in the heart of the city,

While talking to mediapersons, people expressed their sorrow towards the victims and demanded that the Indian Government should take stringent action to combat militancy.

"We have taken out a peace rally against the bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai on 13 July, Wednesday. We have taken out the rally to pay tribute to people who lost their lives and want to give our message to the government that the government should immediately take action against the people who were behind these blasts and the culprits should be strictly punished," said Rahul Kumar Singh, a resident of Delhi.

The Mumbai blasts have send shockwaves across the country, with people enraged at the perceived inability of Indian security agencies in dealing with militancy and not providing security to the citizens.

"It's a request to the government, we want whatever terrorists are caught, we want they should be punished as soon as possible. We want that they should be killed as soon as possible. We don't want to feed them, we want to feed them with bullets," said Deepankar Sondhi, another resident of Delhi.

No one has claimed the responsibility for the blasts.

Consequently, all major cities across the country have been placed on high alert with security measures being beefed up at vital institutions and installations. (ANI)