Travesty of justice: On Samjhauta case acquittals – Editorial
The acquittal of Swami Aseemanand and three others brought to trial for the killing of 68 people on board the Delhi-Lahore Samjhauta Express near Panipat in February 2007 is bound to be seen as a travesty of justice.
Any acquittal in a heinous crime will raise questions about the credibility of the investigation or the effectiveness of the prosecution; but there are some cases in which the outcome may also spark cynical responses ranging from attribution of political motive to suspicion of institutional bias.
… Aseemanand, a.k.a. Naba Kumar Sarkar, was a key figure, according to the prosecution, behind a Hindu right-wing group that wanted to avenge incidents such as the Akshardham temple massacre of 2002. The contours of ‘saffron terror’ were revealed by Aseemanand in 2010 when he gave a lengthy statement before a magistrate, detailing the planning and execution of some key terrorist attacks between 2006 and 2008.…
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/travesty-of-justice/article26601141.ece
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https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/dc-comment/220319/samjhauta-blast-case-acquittals-surprising.html - Who bombed the train? – Editorial (Mar 23, 2019, The Tribune)
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/editorials/who-bombed-the-train/747012.html - Politics meddled, NIA muddled – Editorial (Mar 22, 2019, Deccan Herald)
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/first-edit/politics-meddled-nia-muddled-724598.html - Acquittals in Samjhauta blast case throw doubts on the NIA’s credibility once again – By Ipsita Chakravarty (Mar 22, 2019, Scroll.com)
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