A mother's cry for justice
Six months have passed since her daughter was murdered. With investigations into the murder not making any progress, Tonu's mother has called on the authorities to deliver the justice that she and her family is owed. It is a wish which we all share. That the investigators could not find, after all this time, any suspect to cross-match the DNA collected from the crime scene with, is quite unbelievable.
Tonu's murder was a sensational case. Not only did it evoke loud public outcries, but the circumstances surrounding it were also quite striking. While a young and promising life has been snuffed out in the most brutal way, we are yet to see any palpable progress made into the murder investigation, despite the various commitments that the authorities had made.
Is Tonu's murder investigation to meet the same fate as that of Sagar and Runi? What does it speak about our overall law enforcement and investigative process? The call for justice that Tonu's mother is making is not hers alone, but of the entire nation's. Do the people not deserve to know what had actually happened? Should the criminals responsible for such a heinous crime not be held to account?
The authorities must realise, that the inevitable outcome of their failure to apprehend the real perpetrators will be a total loss of public confidence in the justice dispensation system, causing irreversible damage to the rule of law. And the public cannot be faulted for thinking that there is an attempt to shield the high and the mighty. This the authorities cannot allow. The criminals responsible for Tonu's death must be brought to book.
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