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I don't allow my children to go out: Pooja Bedi
Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:24 [IST]

poojabedi_01New Delhi: Actress-mother and entrepreneur Pooja Bedi is worried about her children's safety after the three-day terror strike on Mumbai. She doesn't let kids go out because there is "no guarantee that they will return home safe".

“I have two children, a daughter aged 11 and a son aged 8. I don't allow them to go to parks, malls, multiplexes and parks any more fearing for their lives,” Pooja Bedi, the daughter of yesteryear hero Kabir Bedi, told IANS from Mumbai.

“I don't feel safe. Now that the war is over, the Shiv Sena will go on the rampage on the streets of the state Monday.

"They will bring everything to a grinding halt. How can I allow my children to go out? There is no guarantee that they will return safe,” she said.

The terror attack targeted the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, Oberoi Trident Hotel, Metro Theatre and the Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station (formerly Victoria Terminus) among other places.

Pooja, a regular at The Taj and The Oberoi, said she will never be able to feel the same again when she walks into the hotels again.

“We used to frequent all the ravaged landmarks - The Taj Mahal Hotel, The Trident (Oberoi), (their restaurants) Frangipani, Sea Lounge and India Jones (a Teppanyaki restaurant). My kids loved to eat at Frangipani."

“We have been let down repeatedly. You have the Shiv Sena and MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) violence on the streets and leaders do not care. Citizens are not allowed to possess guns to protect themselves unlike in the US and neither can they (government) protect us.”

The government, she felt, has not done anything to bring the perpetrators of repeated terrorist attacks to book.

“The 1993 blast culprits are still at large. The attacks reflect pathetic governance,” said Pooja, who has hosted shows like "Not Just Page 3" and "Just Pooja" on the small screen.


Source : IANS

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