Tears and heartbreak outside LNJP Hospital as families gather to get bodies of Delhi blast victims

NEW DELHI, Nov 11: It was chaos outside the LNJP Hospital here on Tuesday morning as family members huddled up at the gates, either heartbroken after identifying bodies of their kin killed in last evening’s blast or holding on to hope while waiting anxiously for a word about their loved ones. The mortuary gates of the hospital remained under tight security, with only authorised personnel allowed entry. Some could be seen pleading with hospital staff for information about missing family members, while many broke down in tears as ambulances kept arriving and departing. A worker at the LNJP Hospital mortuary, who had completed his early morning shift, described the scenes from the night as “gruesome”. “The bodies that came in were beyond recognition. Some were just lumps of flesh. Many