7/11 Mumbai Train Blasts survivor reacts to Bombay HC verdict acquitting all accused, calling it a “very sad day” and saying, “Justice got killed” in emotional post.
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NEW DELHI: Chirag Chauhan, a survivor of the 2006 Mumbai train blasts, after the Bombay High Court on July 15, 2025, acquitted all 12 men previously convicted in the case, said, “Today is a very sad day for everyone! Justice got killed!”.
For Chauhan and many like him, the verdict feels not like closure, but a reopening of wounds that never fully healed.
On the evening of July 11, 2006, a series of seven coordinated bomb blasts ripped through the first-class compartments of suburban trains in Mumbai. Timed between 6:23 PM and 6:29 PM, these blasts claimed the lives of more than 189 and injured 824. Among the injured was 21-year-old Chirag Chauhan, a Chartered Accountancy student then, who was left paralysed after a bomb detonated between Khar and Santacruz stations on the Western line.
Despite being wheelchair-bound due to spinal injuries, Chauhan refused to surrender to despair. In a powerful display of resilience, he cleared his CA final exams in 2009 and today is a practising Chartered Accountant. On the 19th anniversary of the blasts this month, he had shared a heartfelt post on social media recounting his journey from trauma to triumph, a journey that symbolized the unbreakable spirit of the victims.
On July 15, 2025, justice took an unexpected turn when a division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justices Anil Kilor and Shyam Chandak acquitted all 12 accused in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts case, overturning the 2015 verdict by a special court that had sentenced five of them to death and the rest to life imprisonment.
The High Court strongly criticised the investigation, declaring the confessions of the accused inadmissible due to allegations of copying and custodial torture, highlighting the prosecution’s failure to even establish the type of explosives used, and ultimately concluding that the case had “utterly failed” in proving the guilt of the accused.
This ruling triggered widespread shock and disappointment, particularly among survivors like Chirag Chauhan, who is now wheelchair-bound due to injuries from the attack. In an emotional post on X (formerly Twitter), Chauhan lamented that
“No one got punished for the irreparable damage and pain suffered by thousands of families.”
He also suggested that had Narendra Modi been the Prime Minister at the time, justice might have been ensured, citing recent military responses like Operation Sindoor.
Case Title: The State of Maharashtra v. Kamal Ahmed Mohd. Vakil Ansari and Ors
CONFIRMATION CASE NO. 02 OF 2015
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