Richard Loitam's Parents' plea for justice
- May 4 2012 -
Candle light at Imphal in memory of Richard Loitam on 29 April 2012:: Pix - Deepak Shijagurumayum
Sir,
Our son didn't deserve to die. Richard was just 19 years old and studying at Archarya NRV School of Architecture in Bangalore (India). On the night of April 17th, his head was smashed by two students from his hostel.
What makes his death so much harder is knowing that we were only informed by the college authority about our son's death the next day at 3.30 pm and the accused Vishal Banerjee (1st year B. Arch student) and Syed Afzal Ali (1st year MBA student), who brutally killed him are still not arrested.
But we hope for justice. Thank you for signing the petition - we need more people like you to speak out against injustice. Please share the petition with your friends and family. Or you can directly forward this email to your friends.
Witnesses have revealed that Syed Afzal Ali repeatedly hit Richard's head and face. The photographic images and preliminary post-mortem report also support this. However, the college authorities are trying to cover up by linking our son's death to a minor accident he had a few days before and drug abuse which is clearly an attempt to defame our loving son.
The support that everyone has shown by organizing protests gives us strength to stand our ground.
CNN-IBN and other news agencies have already reported on the issue, but we need to put more pressure on the Police Commissioner to arrest the accused and put them on trial.
Even though the accused have been booked for murder, they haven't been arrested yet. Two weeks have passed, and we are still demanding a fair and transparent investigation.
Please help us in getting justice for our son, Richard - we will be very grateful for your support.
Thank you,
Your's
Dr. L Rajesh (Loitam Richard's father)
Dr. R K Vidyabali Devi (Loitam Richard's mother)
* This mail was published at Hueiyen Lanpao (English Edition)
This was posted on May 04, 2012.
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