Crime and Non-Punishment

There have been so many corruption scandals in recent times: the Commonwealth Games, the Adarsh apartments meant for Kargil martyrs, 2G spectrum (mis)allocation, the Karnataka CM & Co’s bribe taking spree.

A few people even got sacked in all these scams: Suresh Kalmadi, Ashok Chavan, A Raja. Sure, none of them will ever be found guilty of anything, but even the sacking of such people is a big surprise.

Why won’t anyone be found guilty? For one, they’ll just bribe their way out. Also, the prosecutors know they have blood on their hands (and money in their mattresses or Swiss accounts). If not in these scams, they’re guilty in others. So the prosecutors wouldn’t want to open the can of worms by ever imprisoning anyone else on corruption grounds.

And even by some miracle if a couple of guys are ever prosecuted with sincerity, how long do you think the verdict will take to come? I’m not holding my breath. If we can’t even complete Ajmal Kasab’s trial 2 years after 26/11, why would anyone believe we’ll convict an Indian politician or bureaucrat for corruption? Apparently Kasab could be innocent as per our judicial system. If evidence against Kasab isn’t enough for our courts, you really think the evidence against a well-connected politician will ever be enough? Dream on…

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  1. KumarNovember 27, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    I say it with sadness.

    Our politicians do go completely unpunished, no matter however much they are behind the scams. They have ensured they are fully above the law. After the politicians, nearly all the bureaucrats escape from from punishment for their corrupt deeds.

    Things are getting worse by the day and their ability to loot taxpayers money is increasing by the week! Hopefully, things will become so bad that even our people will decide to stand up against these people's misdeeds one day. Today however, we may have blame ourselves also, because we tolerate too much.

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