Judiciary Or Mockery !! This is also my India :(

Dec 10, 2009, Times of India, main page. “All 17 acquitted in Dinakaran case.” I could not get any more frustrated, angry and helpless. I mean sometimes for this reason, I feel like quitting reading the news paper in the morning.




May 10, 2007. My early days of blogging in Ch1blogs. The previous day I had blogged This happens in India, sharing my happiness and pride. The next day was a total opposite. I had shared my frustration and anger because of an incident. This also happens only in India. A mob supported by the local politician burned down entire news paper office killing 3 young people in broad day light. The incident captured on tv and pictures. Captured while the culprits were executing this horrendous act and yet. Yet, today’s news just broke my heart.



“All 17 acquitted in Dinakaran case”. Reason? The witnesses who had come forward initially, turned hostile. If my heart could break like this, imagine the situation of the family members who lost their probably the only bread winner. The person they loved. I know the politician might have given a token money to them, but can they return the life? Can they return the emptiness they have caused? And for what? Just a dispute between supporters of two political brothers, to show who is stronger than the other.



Imagine the condition of those police officers who filed so many charges and yet the judiciary let them down making a joke out of their job. Instead they will be blamed for negligence. The two parties who were responsible for this later patched up. But not before, they made many profitable investments in the name of power show and revenge. So, you see. They made a million bucks of 3 innocent life’s.



I am angered because our system is so pathetic that it can’t protect a witness. I mean, where did all the talks about witness protection plan go? Well, I know why? Because If you do that, then who will protect you from your own ill doings?



The need of the hour is a solid witness protection system. Until that is done; all these devils will play with our judiciary and created a mockery out of it. Really shameful!!



My heart is with the relatives of the people who lost their loved ones in this act. I can only pray that, you receive enough strength and courage to re appeal and wait not until justice delivered.

PULLING OUT THE STOPS: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam cadres led by Madurai Mayor G. Thenmozhi (marked by a circle) at the gates of the offices of Dinakaran and Sun TV in Madurai. DMK Corporation Councillor A. Manickam holds up a burning copy of Dinakaran.
 

SHOCKED PROTEST: Sun TV Network employees stage a road roko on the Madurai-Melur Highway with the body of a security guard who died in the violence at their office.

DEATH AT WORK: The sisters of Vinod, a computer engineer, who died in the violence, grieve.


Pics courtesy : Times of India