Forty-one-year-old Harish Kumar seems to remember his public interest lawsuits more than the leg he lost in the blast when he went to pursue one a month ago.<\/p>\n
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In the orthopaedic ward of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, without once looking at his amputated leg, Kumar talks about filing a new Right to Information (RTI) application in the civic agency over a policy related matter.<\/p>\n
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Kumar recalls the fateful day — precisely a month to date — when he had gone the Delhi High Court for hearing on one of the several public interest litigations (PILs) he takes forward from RTI responses.<\/p>\n
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“I have been coordinating on all the RTIs and PILs from hospital,” he says with a faint smile. “What (else) can be done now? It had to happen with me — and it did.”<\/p>\n
A class 10th drop-out, Kumar has taken to shuttling between his plastic goods shop on Sadar Bazar and the RTI section of government offices.<\/p>\n
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“I will not stop fighting against injustice at any cost,” he says. Furrows on his forehead show concern, his voice determination.<\/p>\n
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His younger brother, Yogesh says Harish discusses everything except the Sep 7 incident, when an explosives-rigged briefcase went off at Gate 5 of the Delhi High Court complex, killing 15 and injuring over 70.<\/p>\n
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A father of two, Kumar is visited by his children, wife, and parents. RML Hospital has four other injured still recovering after various surgeries.<\/p>\n
According to the family members, the compensation has been given, but it does not bother them as “money will not bring back what has been lost”.<\/p>\n
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“We have got compensation, which is around Rs.3 lakh. We will also get a prosthetic leg for Harish. But now we have stopped thinking about money,” Yogesh told IANS.<\/p>\n
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A few wards away, 60-year-old Radhey Shyam waits for a doctor to tell him if his right leg will be amputated.<\/p>\n
The Kamla Nagar resident had hopes of recovering without any amputation, but doctors now tell him it is difficult to heal the lower half of his right leg.<\/p>\n
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“He had lost a portion of his leg in the blast,” son Amit Goyal told IANS. “Doctors will let us know in a few days if his leg has to be amputated.”<\/p>\n
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