Handing over sensitive cases to the CBI
- Hueiyen Lanpao Editorial :: March 29, 2011 -
IT IS learnt that the state government has decided to hand over the cases relating to the killing of a young man by the son of a minister, and the killing of the chairman of the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur to the Criminal Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
It has been reported that the decision was taken by the Cabinet on Monday, March 28, 2011. This is a big relief, because the decision will help in instilling a sense of satisfaction to the general populace that the government is finally aware of the mood of the people.
The government deserves credit for having made this bold step and all praise to those who helped about in reaching this decision. The fact that these cases have been handed over to the CBI, however, does not guarantee a judgement which will please those who have been affected.
The CBI too have some times failed to deliver on expected lines. But this is not the issue here. The issue is of a public which has become wary, if not downright distrusting, of the present system, in all its manifestations, that it cannot deliver justice. Seen from this angle one feels that the Cabinet decision will go a large way to assuage the public that it is ready to accept harsh decisions and to face humility.
One possible problem could loom over this new development, although this is only a conjecture at this present moment of time. Certain forces which are at odds with the ruling government have wormed into the popular show of dissent and distrust of the authority. It has been clear all along that their involvement was basically to discredit the government.
The question now is, what is going to be their next step. Has the government pulled the rug from under their feet, if so, are they going to resort to machinations to keep the anti government fervour alive? One just hopes that the unfortunate affected families are left alone for a while.
After all, they and their supporters had, in the first place, asked for their cases to be handed over to the CBI. The least that we can do now is to wait for the course to reach its end.
One thing to be avoided is to use the distraught families as pawns in the cloak and dagger show of one-upmanship between political parties or leaders. And this concern is real, without a platform from where to raise their voices some political parties might seek to agitate to see that agitations continue.
Or worse, draw out other skeletons in the cupboard, demanding that the CBI take over these cases too. This will be like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. The trust that the people has in the CBI, and the efficacy of the agency itself will get eroded.
And that will be a sad development. What we should all hope for is that the two affected families get the justice which they apprehend will be denied to them if the cases related to them were not handed over to the CBI.
The government has taken stock of the mood of the people and has responded to allay any misgivings, as such, it is expected that the general public too will wait and watch developments that will follow.
Just let us be careful about professional agitations.
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