How did Tonu die?
Three agonizing months have passed for the parents of Tonu and they still have not been able to find out how she died. This despite a second autopsy was done after the first one proved to be inconclusive. Meanwhile DNA tests, after the second autopsy, found enough evidence to conclude that she had been raped, doctors who conducted the second autopsy are confirming sexual intercourse but not rape.
The opacity with which this case has been handled has produced more questions than answers. Why did the first autopsy not reveal the cause of death or find any indication of rape? If DNA tests have established that the she had been raped why is this reluctance to say so? Why is this hesitation to even call it a murder when her body was found in the bushes with visible marks of injury?
It is unacceptable that despite the statements of Tonu's father and the DNA test results, the investigation has not found under what circumstances this bright young woman died. We can only conclude that there is a deliberate move to bury the evidence and protect the perpetrators of a horrible crime. If this is the case it would be a travesty of justice and will give out an ominous message: that it is possible to get away with crimes as diabolical as rape and murder if one has the influence or protection from powerful quarters.
The farcical conclusions as made public by officials in charge of the autopsies have made a mockery of the rule of law and have allowed criminals to remain unscathed. Meanwhile even in death Tonu must face the onslaught of unsavoury innuendos from careless gossipmongers.
In such a scenario we urge the government to ensure a fair investigation into this crime so that the murderers do not get a chance to escape from justice.
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