The end of the line for Kasab

Today Mumbai and the rest of India will sleep a little better– not because a life was extinguished but because the law was upheld and justice had the final word

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Bikram Vohra | November 21, 2012



The death by hanging of Ajmal Kasab for his orgy of violence unleashed on Mumbai sends out three major messages. One, that Indian justice may be slow and ponderous but it does finally balance out the scales.

But, equally important it gives closure to all the scores of families of the victims who have waited three years for some sort of vindication and often wondered if it would come at all.

Finally, it also does make it crystal clear to those who would wage war against India either individually or in a group that there is a payback time.

For all of us who had become cynical about the slow progress this case was making there is some comfort in the fact that due process was honoured…it is the cornerstone of democracy and when that is not maintained the edifice crumbles. We may have become impatient but the law held sway.

No one celebrates anyone’s death but you do not have to celebrate his life. Kasab picked up the gun at a very young age. Whether indoctrinated or brainwashed he knew the consequences of his deeds and they were gory ones indeed. He killed in cold blood. And he has paid the price with his life.

Today Mumbai will sleep a little better. So will India. Not because a life was extinguished but because the law was upheld and justice had the final word.

(Picked up from Vohra's Facebook post with permission.)
 

 

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