Confirmed desi victims of the London bombings (via DBS):

Bank worker Shahara Islam, 20, was travelling towards Liverpool Street on the Tube on her way to work at [Angel station]. She is British, of Bengali origin. The family are practising Muslims. Her uncle Nazmul Hasan, 25, said: “We are absolutely desperate. Her father has broken down several times but has spent hours at all the hospitals searching for her. “The bizarre thing is that I missed a call from her at 9.45am yesterday, approximately an hour after the explosion (near Liverpool Street) went off.” [Link]

Her mother Romena is riddled with guilt because she insisted her daughter should go to work on that fateful day even though she was a little reluctant. Shahera wanted to take the day off because she had an appointment with her dentist in the afternoon. [Link]

… Islam… was a model Muslim and attended the mosque every Friday. [Link]

Shyanuja Parathasangary, 30, has not been seen by her parents since she left the home they share in Kensal Rise on Thursday morning to go to work. Her mother, Ruth, said she boarded a train at Kensal Green at 8.55am and arrived at Euston station at 9.08am. Mrs Parathasangary believes her daughter may have then got on the route 30 bus to take her to work at the Royal Mail offices in Alder Street. She said: “She did not say anything when she left, she just gave me a sweet smile.” [Link]

Still unconfirmed:

IT worker Neetu Jain, 38, is also feared dead in the No 30 blast. She had been evacuated from Euston station and caught a bus. She made a mobile call 10 minutes before the explosion. Her Muslim boyfriend Gous Ali, 32, said: “Neetu is a very spiritual, down-to-earth, loving person and she would not hurt anybody. Her family are of Indian origin but she is British and she embraces all faiths and cultures. I am a Muslim but nowhere in the Islam of the Koran does it say that this is acceptable…” [Link]

Jain apparently narrowly escaped a subway bomb only to succumb to the bus bomb:

It is ironic that the 37-year-old computer analyst, who could not take the tube as she was evacuated from the Euston Tube Station, decided to take a bus. She never reached her office. [Link]

Here are photos of all the missing.