The brave Police and judiciary

Heres a very nice editorial from The Statesman. Delhi Police had never earned my respect, and I doubt it ever will. And right now it is improbable that they will appeal. Why should they? It only means more bending over backwards for the rich and powerful.

Such times totally take away my confidence in my nation. We are nothing but a bunch of sheep to be herded by assholes. Thats our destiny it seems.

The failures of Delhi Police

As in many cases involving the rich and the influencial, Delhi Police has once again failed to secure the conviction of the accused, this time in Jessica Lal murder case. More than six years after the model Jessica Lal was murdered in the Tamarind Court restaurant in south Delhi, the court has acquitted all the nine accused in the case.

This is a sad commentary on the way in which the Delhi Police investigate the cases under its jurisdiction. Even on an earlier occasion, in the BMW hit and run case, the police had failed to secure the conviction of the accused, one of whom was a close relative of a senior Delhi Police officer.The judgement in the case was a foregone conclusion as all the eyewitnesses had turned hostile one by one.

That the police had not done its homework well is evident from the fact that even the court pulled up the Delhi Police for its failure to recover the weapon of offence and there were considerable contradictions between prosecution’s case and the forensic evidence.

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Role of cops was under a cloud - Times of India

Jessica Lal, who was working as a bartender, had apparently refused to serve liquor to Manu Sharma which had allegedly led to the incident. It also opened a can of worms as Tamarind Court, owned by socialite Bina Ramani, was serving liquor without a licence.

Ironically, the then SHO of Mehrauli police station, Surender Sharma — who failed to stop the restaurant from serving liquor without licence — became the investigating officer of the case.

According to what the eyewitness accounts, Sharma came to Tamarind Court that night accompanied by four men, one of whom was politician D P Yadav's son, Vikas Yadav. He initially had a tiff with Bina's daughter, Malini Ramani.

Sharma offered her Rs 1,000 for a drink but she declined. Soon after, the incident occurred.

The PCR was informed about the incident much later. When the cops reached Tamarind Court, they found that the blood stains had been wiped off.

It was also alleged that Jessica's clothes had been changed before she was taken to the hospital.