"They should be hanged immediately," says blast victim

"They should be hanged immediately," said an emotional Syed Raheem reacting to the court order sentencing two terrorists convicted in the 2007 Hyderabad twin blasts case to death and another to life imprisonment.

Two powerful explosions had ripped through Gokul Chat, a popular eatery, and an open air theatre in Lumbini Park close to the state secretariat on August 25, 2007, killing 44 people and wounding 68.

Raheem, who lost an eye in the blast at Gokul Chat, said the government should ensure that the punishment is implemented immediately.

"Even higher court or the President of India should not entertain their mercy petition," he said, vehemently.

Many people died and many more were injured in the blast, he said.

"People like me are still suffering and not able to overcome the trauma," Raheem said.

Raheem, who was into printing business, had gone out to buy ice cream for his daughter when the blast occurred.

He lost one eye and is still suffering from vision problems.

"Justice has been done, but it is delayed," said M A Venkatesh, principal, Amrutavahini College of Engineering in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra which lost seven of its students in the blast that took place at Lumbini Park.

Over 50 students of the college were in Hyderabad as part of an educational tour on August 25, 2007.

"... We cannot bring back those precious lives. No amount of punishment can compensate the ordeal that the parents of the students underwent," Venkatesh told PTI.

B Anjaiah, who lost his daughter and two other relatives in the blast, said the police should nab the two other accused who are said to be absconding.

Premchand Vijayvargiya, a promoter of Gokul Chat at Koti, said whatever punishment was pronounced "is justified."