Mangoes or poison?

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We are horrified to see the detection of tones of mangoes ripened with extremely harmful chemicals such as carbide. What are we taking in the name of mangoes? Are we poisoning us and our future generations to gradual painful death? This is a clear case of poisoning the entire population which warrants capital punishment for the offenders. But what a mockery of justice, the offenders were only served with three months' simple imprisonment! Is it the right kind of punishment for a crime of such magnitude? Anywhere in the world the perpetrators of such a horrible crime would get death sentence without any question. We have seen pouring of chemicals (poison) on fish, bananas, grapes and pineapples indiscriminately by the criminal traders, but only this time we have seen that even mango and jackfruits were not spared. This malpractice is going on unabated due to the weakness and time consuming procedures of our legal system. Imagine, only three months' simple imprisonment for poisoning the entire population! We demand immediate amendment of the law and severe punishment to the criminals. Otherwise, those greedy criminals in the guise of traders will never stop such dreadful activities.