mumbai it was yet another long and tiring day in court for the families of those on trial for masterminding what was probably the second deadliest attack on indian soil the 117 train blasts of 2006 that killed 188 and injured 817 if there were straws they were anxiously clutching at them hoping for anything that could alter their loved ones fate weve waited nine years wed rather wait a few more days if the judge changes his mind about handing out an extreme punishment said saidunneesa 40 the wife of mohammad ali shaikh she was at the sessions court since 10am i dozed off reading the quran she said praying the testimonies of two witnesses from her neighbourhood on tuesday might tilt the outcome in their favour farzana from kolkata pored over chits of paper she had prepared minutes before striding to the witness box to defend her husband majid shafi i met him when i was 20 we fell in love and got married she said i will tell them about my background our relationship my health our daughter and hope for the best said the 30yearold a homeopath who had to discontinue practice three years ago due to a damaged kidney faisal and muzammil shaikhs mother parveen is sure her sons never committed the crime she wants them back home as she can barely fend for herself or her 68yearold husband were old and our relatives have abandoned us in fear she rued her other son rahil now in uk is a wanted accused in the case the judge has to acquit him said zamir shaikhs wife yasmeen when zamir comes home well throw a party youll join us wont you she smiled readying a bag full of vada pao for her husband and the 11 others as the families waited in hope a letter by two convicts was released to the media by the jamiatululema an ngo giving the convicts legal aid we are also victims of 117 we are innocent and falsely implicated by the ats read a twopage letter the letter was written in english and signed by ehtesham siddiqui and mohammed ali shaikh in the letter the two said the ats was unable to catch the real culprits o victims of the bomb blasts we are also like you because due to this blast we were arrested prosecuted and convicted on the basis of false fabricated and manufactured evidences the letter read earlier toi reported a letter by convict sajid ansari