In a clear case of miscarriage of justice, the acquittal of suspects charge-sheeted and undergoing trial in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre of minority community has come as a shock to every citizen having faith in the justice system of the country.
All 16 accused have been left free by the Tis Hazaari court in a judgment pronounced yesterday leaving the victims and their families in a stage of distraught and broken. The irony of the case is that the culprits in the case are the policemen who were suppose to be the keepers of the law. The long ordeal of the survivors in pursuit of justice has come to a sad end in the lower court after 28 years.
The abortion of justice in the Hashimpura case of is due to a weak prosecution put forward by the state and it can only be compensation with a proper appeal and strong pursuance of the case in the higher court with a clear intention of rendering justice to the families of the 42 people of the minority community killed in the incident in Meerut district in 1987 by the hands of the inhuman PAC personal presumably acting under the orders of their political masters.
The court has given benefit of doubt to the accused regarding their identification and not regarding the incident hence justice stands a clear chance if pursued with proper will.
Appropriate authorities should do every bit to serve justice to the victims and their families. Any derailment of justice in this case will further dampen the spirit of the downtrodden, minorities and marginalized in the society who already feel threatened under the present regime at center led by BJP.
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