Ramesh Sable, a senior editor at local news Marathi channel, laughed away when asked for his comments. “Who knows? The one they killed may not be the real Osama Bin Laden but one of his clones,” he said, adding that a firm confirmation is required to be believed that it was indeed Osama that was killed.

Prakash Dhotre, an IT professional at a multinational company in Mumbai, said it is hard to believe that Bin Laden had been killed. "How many times will the US kill Osama? And in my view unless peace prevails, the world will see hundreds of Osama Bin Laden,” he added.

Many do not believe that the killing of Bin Laden will cause any damage to his Al-Qaeda organization. “Instead, Al-Qaeda will grow more stronger and create more trouble for the US and European forces,” said Rahul Sirsat, a political analyst who said that the "impotence" of Pakistani government has come to the fore when it allowed US forces to carry out an attack within Pakistan without prior approval.

Asked if he was happy with the killing of Bin Laden, Shafiq Qureshi, a economist in Mumbai university shot back: “Of course I am not happy and also have no reasons to be happy. The attack was a cowardly act done by the US with the active support and assistance of the Pakistani government led by an equally impotent president Asif Ali Zardari."