06-12-2006, 09:22 AM
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Arun Nehru |
The tragedy for the Mahajan family continues as Mr Rahul Mahajan is in custody and his father's secretary Bibek Maitra is dead. We are looking at a very complicated situation, and passing a judgement at this stage would be premature. <b>There are many unanswered questions and it would be interesting to see what the investigative teams have to say about the conflicting medical views of the Apollo Hospital and AIIMS</b>.
Also, <b>the fact, that three of the young men present that fateful day, Rahul Malhotra, Trishay Khanna and Karan Ahuja have not been subjected to any medical tests, interrogations, or arrested on the basis of details of the cover up operation by which Harish Sharma and a servant were arrested, is questionable.</b> However, the media is pursuing the story relentlessly and under the constant glare of cameras it would be very difficult to suppress facts.
Rahul Mahajan is clearly in trouble and so are many others whose life style and drug usage has been highlighted by the media. <b>Clever lawyers will find loopholes in the law, quite obvious from television interviews given which seem 'negated'. There is understandably something wrong with the law that enables habitual offenders to get away in the name of 'technicalities'.</b>
The NDPS act is full of loopholes and it is indeed sad that drug usage and peddling are rarely punished with the severity they deserve. <b>In a high profile case of this nature it would be interesting to see if the law of the land is let to prevail once the issue no longer enjoys front-page coverage</b>.
We have seen the tragedy associated with several such cases in the past - Jessica Lall, Nitish Katara, Priyadarshini Muttoo, the Uphaar disaster to name a few - where deliberate loopholes are created during interrogation and the collection of evidence is delayed so that matters remain unsolved, raising grave doubts about whether those who suffer shall get justice or not.
The Rahul Mahajan case brings to light many a case, which has gone into the 'cold storage'. But perhaps those who 'suppressed' these cases may be compelled to revive them once the media digs into the past
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Arun Nehru |
The tragedy for the Mahajan family continues as Mr Rahul Mahajan is in custody and his father's secretary Bibek Maitra is dead. We are looking at a very complicated situation, and passing a judgement at this stage would be premature. <b>There are many unanswered questions and it would be interesting to see what the investigative teams have to say about the conflicting medical views of the Apollo Hospital and AIIMS</b>.
Also, <b>the fact, that three of the young men present that fateful day, Rahul Malhotra, Trishay Khanna and Karan Ahuja have not been subjected to any medical tests, interrogations, or arrested on the basis of details of the cover up operation by which Harish Sharma and a servant were arrested, is questionable.</b> However, the media is pursuing the story relentlessly and under the constant glare of cameras it would be very difficult to suppress facts.
Rahul Mahajan is clearly in trouble and so are many others whose life style and drug usage has been highlighted by the media. <b>Clever lawyers will find loopholes in the law, quite obvious from television interviews given which seem 'negated'. There is understandably something wrong with the law that enables habitual offenders to get away in the name of 'technicalities'.</b>
The NDPS act is full of loopholes and it is indeed sad that drug usage and peddling are rarely punished with the severity they deserve. <b>In a high profile case of this nature it would be interesting to see if the law of the land is let to prevail once the issue no longer enjoys front-page coverage</b>.
We have seen the tragedy associated with several such cases in the past - Jessica Lall, Nitish Katara, Priyadarshini Muttoo, the Uphaar disaster to name a few - where deliberate loopholes are created during interrogation and the collection of evidence is delayed so that matters remain unsolved, raising grave doubts about whether those who suffer shall get justice or not.
The Rahul Mahajan case brings to light many a case, which has gone into the 'cold storage'. But perhaps those who 'suppressed' these cases may be compelled to revive them once the media digs into the past
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