Four days after the rented flat of Kirandeep Sharma and her husband, VK Sharma, was gutted in the sensational murder and alleged cylinder blast at the Ajanta Apartments caused by a dismissed Merchant Navy officer on Sunday, the theatre artiste couple is trying to start their life from a scratch.
“It is not just a material lose for us. The memories attached with each and every article collected over the years is tremendous. We did not just lose our house, we lost our home,” said Kirandeep.
Help in kindness started pouring in after the sensational stabbing cum blast case that rocked the heart of East Delhi. “The day my flat was rendered inhospitable, my friend provided me and my wife a roof. Juggling in between from going to the police station and going to the bank everyday to withdraw cash, a neighbour of my close friend, Aashimu offered me help when he offered me a flat and asked me not to pay rent for a period of three months. We will not lose our spirit,” said Kirandeep, a theatre actor.
looking back at what happened, we will feel sad. But then with we will overcome this situation too, said the actor, while standing at the counter of a private bank at Bhagwan Dass Road. Talking to The Pioneer, VK Sharma, sitting in the lawns of the National School of Drama on a chilly Thursday afternoon, shared how everything at their fourth floor of the Ajanta Apartment was reduced to ashes.
“Some 26 years ago, I married Kirandeep and started life from a scratch. 25 years later, I am in a similar situation where I have to start everything from the scratch,” he said.
Trying to look brave, Sharma greeted everyone at the National School of Drama who met to console him, “Arre Main zinda hu. Isse zyada kya chahiye (At least I am alive what else does I needIJ), he said.
“I will never be able to forget what transpired on Sunday afternoon. When Rahul was standing in front of me with two choppers in his hand, I used my mind. It was only when Rahul ordered me to go to the toilet I turned around and quickly went inside my room,” he said. Talking about what they lost in the blast that was caused due to gas leakage, Sharma said as many as 250 scripts, including translations of many plays, 70 costumes and furniture and household stuff amounting up to Rs30 lakh was lost