The Saddest Moment for the Country

The Saddest Moment for the Country

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August 13, 2022

Amit Shah of Gujarat is now known the world over for all wrong reasons. With the Central Bureau of Investigation filing a chargesheet against him, he will now have to defend himself for a lifetime. Shah and his coterie do not have any convincing argument to claim that the case, now known as the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, is a political humbug. The most shocking thing for him is that today he is not merely a Hindutva or communal person who is under the scanner, but a murderer and extortionist. There are some 20 evidences against him in the chargesheet and some are likely to stand in a court of law.

Moreover, the weakest link in the BJP’s arguments is that a large part of the investigation of the Sohrabuddin case was conducted by Gujarat cadre police officer Geeta Johri, who was sidelined by Shah. Shah had been accused of transferring police officers who were not conducive to him.

Lastly, the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case has turned into an ugly war between the Congress and the BJP. It is the saddest moment for the country that the proven fake encounter case will remain more political and less about the principles of upholding the ethos of the Indian Constitution, which doesn’t give men in khaki any power to kidnap and kill a good, bad or ugly Indian.

Mohd Ziyaullah Khan

Nagpur, M’rashtra