KASAB And HIS CASE

“After 26/11, the safest person in India is , ironically……KASAB.”

I saw this group on facebook, and instantly joined it. This is the truth. The true face of the Indian Law. It’s been more than an year since the incident took place. He was arrested from the place of crime. He wasn’t arrested on the basis of any later investigation. His photograph was taken while he was in action, carrying his AK-47 and a bag full of explosives.

He along with his other nine companions, entered into our country, killed innocent people, showed no mercy towards anyone, and still it took so long to give the final verdict. This terror attack was the first of its kind. Never in the past, the people have been killed in this manner. Doesn’t this mean, that in a way they are challenging us? Challenging our government? It took the lives of many policemen, officers, and commandoes to get the situation, which will never be forgotten in the history of the world, under control. The headconstable who caught him, risked his life, to save the lives of the innocent people and not to provide Kasab with such a kind of security.

A few days after Kasab had been arrested, I read, that the main aim behind the attack was to make hostages of a few ministers, who were expected to be staying in one of the hotels attacked, to demand the freedom of some of the terrorist leaders who were in Indian jails. Such an attempt was made, only since the leaders were alive, and hadn’t been punished of their respective crimes. Can’t the same situation be repeated, this time for Kasab?
Crores have already been spent on him, to build a special cell, a special tunnel to take him to the court, for his security. India is a developing nation, with around one third of its population, being below the poverty line. Shouldn’t that amount be spent for the development of such people?
After a few hearings, Kasab himself accepted that he had no right to live for his inhumanitarian act, after watching his videos of 26/11. Still it took so long to award him the death sentence.
If for a case, where the accused accepts his crime, there are proofs available, eye-witnesses are there, it takes so long. Then it is bound to take decades in cases where there are hardly any witnesses, lack of proofs, like Jessica Lal Murder Case, Arushi Case, and many other like these.
It’s high time that amendmends are made in the law. “We should adjust according to the changing times”, this goes for the law as well. Otherwise people will no longer believe in the “JUSTICE.”