The Indian conventional wisdom is AT it again . Let's analyse things: Abu Salem , the dreaded Mumbai Don and a D-Company "key resource" is brought back to India after 10 years of cat & mouse race. The cost incurred by the government : a cool 50 crores and still counting . Ofcourse we paid for it , we who pay the taxes. And to what end , when we cannot hang him or even sentence him to life. Thousands of people died and received a paltry sum as compensation . There are families who lost their sole earning member and struggle hard to make the ends meet and often cannot afford two square meals. There are people who lost their limbs and now life is a living hell for them. Now let us compare this to a day is Abu Salem's life in "judicial custody" . He orders his favourite food mostly consisting of biryanis , kebabs and exotic food of various kinds. He gets his designer after shave and soaps. Ofcourse nobody seems to question what has Abu Salem done to deserve this princely treatment. I am sure Indian Government is doing its best to assuage and mitigate the pain,suffering and a sense of loss of people who suffered during the Mumbai Blasts.
Sanjay Dutts and Salman Khans roam freely . Salman drinks himself crazy and mows down a dozen of hapless labourers. Sanjay Dutt acts a storekeeper for arms and ammunitions provided by the D Company . He is acquitted. Their links with the underworld have been proved. Also,
Abu Salem is guaranteed to get a let off with no punishment or only a minor sentence of couple of years. And we are supposed to believe the Government everytime it says "Guilty would not be spared and they will be held responsible and brought to book". After being free , Abu Salem has a very modest business worth 3000 crores to fall back on. And then the Logical thing to do for him would be to contest elections and become a respected politician . Ofcourse this would be the apotheosis of secularism in India. We would succeeded in making even a dreaded gangster of the minority community a successful and respected politician , maybe even a minister.
Long Live Secularism!!
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