Mumbai: As the country awaits 26/11 anti-terror court's verdict on Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab a fortnight from now, it transpires that the Jewish centre at the Nariman House, one of the targets of the brazen onslaught, has quietly shifted to a "new location" in the city.
Uncertainty hangs over whether the five-storey building
in a Colaba bylane will ever be renovated and restored to its
old lively self before tragedy struck on the night of November
26, 2008.
"We have temporarily shifted to a new location.
(9769060840) mumbaichabad@gmail.com," reads the board in
English and Hebrew at the Nariman House, also known as Chabad
House.
Members of the community who contacted authorities on
phone number mentioned on the board are called to the new
premises and provided accommodation after a thorough
screening.
"Authorities are yet to take a decision on whether to
rebuild Nariman House or shift it permanently to the other
place. Among the many reasons holding up the process are lack
of funds and couples not coming forward to run the centre
here," Rabbi Yossi Cohen, the current in-charge of the Chabad
House told a news agency.
Some renovation of Nariman House, its walls shattered and
pockmarked with bullets and grenade splinters, were undertaken
about a week before the first anniversary of the terror
attacks last year but later it was abandoned.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 13:46