I came across this post by IHM – Who will POTA empower. IHM puts a voice to all the thoughts that went around in my head when I read about this case.
If Ishrat is indeed innocent then is the cold-blooded murder under POTA justified by the police? Was there enough evidence to shoot the young girl in such a manner? If she was indeed guilty why did she not get a fair trial?
Kasab goes and murders a thousand people in front of our eyes – there are numerous eye witnesses and evidence is caught on camera yet his trial continues for a year, so why did Ishrat not get one?
A friend of mine wrote to me in response that sometimes it is worth to sacrifice innocent lives if in the longer run it saves a million. I agree not – taking innocent lives is simply not acceptable when the real criminals are running scot free. It is fairly easy for us to pass judgements since our near an dear ones are not involved. God forbid if that were to happen would we be so cold-hearted and judgemental about Ishrat’s case
3 comments:
Minal I agree with you, we talk about letting some innocents be killed only when we are not the victims.
This thinking encourages corrupt police officers to claim fake encounters.
And all the time the terrorists are still free!
Such posts from potent bloggers/writers like you are very much needed, if not to put an end atleast to keep a check on such reckless/intended encounters/judgments done by our judicial system/ police. This post is definitely an eye-opener for people like me who turn a blind eye to such news thinking this is inevitable to maintain law and order. Keep it up!!
Swapna
@IHM - You know it did not actually hit me until I received that mail from my friend and I wondered how come we have become so cold-hearted?
@Swapna - All credit to IHM for higlighting this issue!
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