Amarya Sen had written a book differentiating between Nidhi - Written Law of the Land and Nyaya - Justice - the implementation of the law. Yesterday was a shameful day for Tamil Nadu's Nidhi and Nyaya. I'm talking about the Murders at Dinakaran Office in Madurai.
A report from the TOI
On May 9, 2007, a mob attacked the Madurai office of Tamil Daily 'Dinakaran' owned by Kalanidhi Maran. They smashed windows, computers and furniture, and set fire to the building. Three people - watchman K Muthuramalingam and engineers G Gopinath (25) and M Vinod Kumar (23) - were killed in the mindless violence. The Sun Network, which owns 'Dinakaran' was unambiguous while identifying the perpetrators of the violence: M K Alagiri's goons.
Two years and seven months later, on December 09, 2009, the Madurai district and sessions court acquitted all the 17 accused in the case. The judgment has shocked several people, but not some others who were closely following the case which was handed over to the CBI for investigation. Video footage of the attack were submitted in the court during the trial. And then, first witness who is a sub inspector of a nearby police station, and the second witness who is the deputy news editor of 'Dinakaran' turned hostile.
The Hindu also reported that the Judge gave the verdict in just a Single Line. The Gross violations of the law and justice is a everyday phenomenon in Tamil nadu. Anna, the Founder of DMK had said that Law is a Darkroom. But the Current DMK government seems to say that "Justice is also a darkroom" and that might be the reason why Newspapers are not even carrying a report on this minor incident.
I thinks all the protests to this incident is very silent.
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