Nazia Sayed has been a crime reporter for over a decade now, with experience in television and print journalism. Currently working as a special correspondent with Mumbai Mirror, Nazia is credited with breaking several stories, which includes her expos̩ on the Mumbai mafia and the ISIS network in the country. Her crime stories have won her accolades in the Indian as well as international press.
Sharmeen Hakim is a legal correspondent with Mumbai Mirror, known for her impeccable court reporting. Apart from the Malegaon blasts and the 'Mumbai triple blasts', she covered the 7/11 trial for three years until it concluded last year. Only twenty-four, Sharmeen is widely respected in the fraternity for being one of the most thorough court journalists in the city, and for her strong grasp on the law.
7/11: the day Mumbai came to a standstill
The Mumbai train bombings on 11 July 2006 were one of the deadliest attacks the city had seen after the 1993 blasts. The terror strike aimed to cripple the city by disrupting its lifeline-the local train network. A series of seven explosions in a span of only six minutes at seven railway stations rocked the financial capital of India, killing 189 and injuring over 800.
Six Minutes of Terror is the first investigative book that presents a blow-by-blow account of the events that led to the onslaught.
It profiles the people involved in the blasts and describes how the plot was unearthed by the police. Superbly researched with painstaking detail, the book tries to delve into the minds of the home-grown terrorists-who wreaked unprecedented havoc and claimed innocent lives-ten years after the horrifying attacks.
