Limon's ordeal ends
AFTER more than three years of hell, the tribulation of a hapless boy of 19 has come to an end. While Limon's legal battle might be over we wonder whether he has got justice. Can the state recompense his losses in any meaningful way? On the brighter side, Limon should consider himself lucky he has lost a leg only; more unfortunate victims of police coercion are not alive to tell their tale.
Limon was made the target of deliberate victimisation of a state agency in the form of Rapid Action Battalion. While blatant high-handedness of the law enforcing agencies is not new, Limon's example is unprecedented.
That Limon was shot in the leg could have been a case of mistaken identity, and subsequent statements from Rab gave one the impression that it was so. But instead of owning up a mistake Rab preferred to persecute a person still in his teens through false and fabricated cases. And equally despicable has been the attempt by the authorities to procrastinate the trials process by repeatedly seeking time for the hearing of the revision petition lodged by Limon's mother.
Through Limon's vindication of innocence the unlawful actions of Rab have been proved beyond doubt. And only when those that have misused the state machinery to persecute an innocent person, including those that through the final report wanted to give Rab a clean chit, are brought before law and given exemplary punishment will proper justice have been done to Limon. Unless that is done and unless Limon is compensated adequately, there is likely to be recurrence of such cases.
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