For 5 hours, 15 women safai karmacharis of the Central Railway washed, scrubbed and, thereby, did something they had never been trained for. Cleaning bloodstains and body parts from the platforms of CST.
We saw people being hit by bullets and ran to the general manager's cabin and hid there till 1.30 am when all was quiet."
Another cleaner, Bhamabai Kamble (54), said, "We washed the floors almost as if we wanted to rub the episode from our mind. I washed my hands many times.
Over the next few days, I couldn't eat properly, as I remembered the incident. Now, I hate talking about it."
The railway safais lost a colleague in the attack. "Arka Solanki got a bullet in her stomach. We were so busy with the cleaning that we couldn't go and meet her," said Sushila.
PRO A K Singh, CR, said, "It was their prompt action that helped us get things back to normal so quickly. No one complained and gave their 100 per cent."
Sushila also got a cash reward of Rs 5,000 last week.
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