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Reprieve for Nalini, other convicts leaves bad taste

Nalini and other convicts of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case are set free. There is a whisper of political  tone to this freedom of convicts. To add to the hidden political agenda, Sonia  forgave the assassins in true spirit of  her belief. Further  Priyanka visited her in prison lending credence that the family  who was the most  aggrieved was in a conciliatory mood.The nation mourned the tragic end of the PM but  time is a great healer and it is natural that sentiments and emotions can give way to forgiveness. The grave crime of involvement  of foreign nationals  against India is a serious matter. It is not a kangaroo court that condemned  convicts to gallows, but there was not iota of truth that court proceedings were framed. Fortunately the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment as a gesture of goodwill.

Rajiv was the most youthful, promising  PM of India and such high end murders must not be treated with kid gloves with political undercurrents. Rajiv did not deserve the inhuman, tragic  end for intervening in Sri Lanka, so this reprieve  is in poor taste.



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Wrong message sent out by SC to future rapists

S KAMAT, Alto Santa Cruz
Published Nov 13, 2022, 7:44 PM IST
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The rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in the Chawla area of Delhi in 2012 and the recent acquittal of the assailants on procedural issues by the Supreme Court is a sad commentary on the justice system of India. The High Court had while sentencing the rapists to death described the case as 'rarest of the rare' considering the cruelty and bestiality exhibited. The Supreme Court though admitting that the assailants had committed a heinous act decided to let them off on…

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