It was completely maddening to hear on the news last night that the boys who had ragged Aman Kachroo and killed him were allowed out on bail. Unbelievable. Dr. Kachroo was on the panel to discuss this latest on the fate of those who had killed his son. I must say that he is an amazing gentleman, so calm and composed. In spite of his great sorrow, he is a picture of strength, and in fact a source of strength to all those who are troubled and hurt by the course justice has taken.
Those who have lost their dear ones to this scourge of ragging, are going to continue their fight against it - but it will be a long and hard fight, which, in all probability they will lose, because these are all ordinary citizens of the country. As the lawyer on the panel put it - if the father had been a politician or an industrialist or a rich person with political connections, the killers would not have gone free.Succinct and true. Aman is not going to get justice for a long, long time. After being in custody for more than a year, the boys yesterday walked free - on bail, but free. It is a known fact that their lawyer will now try all the delaying tactics possible to keep the law from catching them. And yet, all the facts were there. What is worse is that this a judgment punishing these boys would have sent out a message to all the bullies out there that this is IT. No more. Instead, we have sent out the message that they can do what they like, even the courts won't do anything. So where does the ordinary man go for justice??
Going one step further, just think - there is no legal help, no medical help, especially no help of any sort for the elderly, no social security, low interest rates which hits the senior citizens the hardest, unbounded crippling poverty, inflation, not enough education facilities for the ordinary, forget the poor who cannot avail of any kind of education...i can go on and on. I see it all around me. Whatever the common man wants, he has to make his own arrangements, whether it is for his own personal security or whether it is for justice...There is just no relief or help for the ordinary tax-paying person.
And we call Pakistan dysfunctional??