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The execution of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts
convict, Yakub Memon, has led to myriad opinions
coming out from all quarters. Numerous questions
are being raised, ranging from the timing of the
hanging to the relevance of capital punishment in a
democracy.
An open letter by an anonymous police officer to the
all those who are opposing Yakub Memon's
execution. He signs off as thulla .
Dear "Intelligentsia" of India,
I am not a TV panelist. I am not a “human rights”
activist. I am not a lawyer. I am not a political
commentator. I am not a best-selling author. I am
not the son or grandson of a famous man. I am an
aam aadmi. More than an aam aadmi, I am an officer
in the Indian Police force. And I am writing this letter
to all of you, after seeing your robust defence of a terrorist.
Why I mention who I am is important because unlike
all of you, I don’t sit in plush AC offices and write
editorials seeking clemency for a murderer. Nor do I
visit TV studios and shout myself hoarse. Instead I
meet such killers every single day. But I don’t meet
them for cocktail parties or at press conferences (like
some of you do).
I meet them on the road, in the streets, with weapons
in their arms and hate in their eyes. I have been in
situations with them where they would not hesitate a
single moment before pulling the trigger on me, but I
have to consider all the ramifications like "human
rights", "due process" and "fake encounter" before I
save my life and of the innocent people around me.
Given the above I believe I am in a far better position
to comment on a mass murderer like Yakub Memon
than any of you are.
To defend this criminal, multitudes of arguments have
been put forth by what are now called "Adarsh
Liberals" in our society. Luckily, almost no one has
pleaded that he is innocent. The situation is such
that Indians have to be grateful to our "Intelligentsia"
for such small mercies.
But one common hypothesis put forward by many is
that Yakub Memon surrendered to the Indian
authorities, and then cooperated with the
investigations. Plain lies. Late B Raman, one of
India’s finest intelligence officers wrote this in his
article:
He had come to Kathmandu secretly from Karachi to
consult a relative and a lawyer on the advisability of
some members of the Memon family, including
himself, who felt uncomfortable with Pakistan's Inter-
Services Intelligence, returning to India and
surrendering to the Mumbai police. The relative and
the lawyer advised him against surrender due to a
fear that justice might not be done to them. They
advised Yakub to go back to Karachi.
Before he could board the flight to Karachi, he was
picked up by the Nepal police on suspicion,
identified and rapidly moved to India.This was
yesterday confirmed on some news channels when
they interviewed the Nepali police officer. He re- iterated that there was no deal and Yakub was fleeing
to Karachi. Then why are our "Intelligentsia" hell bent
on stating otherwise?
Security personnel outside Nagpur jail where Memon
was being kept | Source: PTI
Let me put it another way: I know there is a rat in
my house, and I place a laddoo in a trap. The rat gets caught and then pleads for mercy saying that he
had come to “surrender” because I had offered him a
"laddoo" (deal). Do I let him live?
The second common argument is "but we are against
death penalty. It is barbaric". My simple question is
Did it take the death sentence of a terrorist to wake
up the bleeding heart activists? Couldn’t you demand
a change in law for so many years? Why are you
crying for this beast?
For the record even I am not decided on this issue.
Just because we are from the police force doesn't
mean we do not value human life. But in the case of
a terrorist, what choice do we have? Do we preserve
him hoping he will reform? Can terrorists who come
with guns in their hands and an unshakable belief
that what they are doing (killing innocent people) is
right, be ever reformed?
Forget reformation, keeping such a dastardly mind
alive is a big security risk too. Every time he is
shifted from jails we have to be our toes to see if
any attempt will be made by his gang members to
either kill him, so that he is silenced or rescue him,
so that he can continue his activities. And there is
always the risk that one fine day his friends will hold
some innocent civilians hostage and demand his
release, so that we can put our lives at risk all over
again to re-capture him.
You want to abolish death penalty? Go ahead, but
not for terrorists.
©rjCreations
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