Crumbling Kamduni!

The girl in Kamduni was no less brutally raped and murdered than the medical student Nirvaya at Delhi.In the latter case trial took place at breakneck speed and the accused were awarded death sentences. But in Kamduni case trial is limping forward with snail’s space and no body knows when the judgment would be pronounced. Cops made inordinate delay in tendering charge sheet. By this time a key witness has also died much to the advantage of the accused. Those who took initiative for fast trial of this tragic and barbaric incident in Kamduni were termed Maoist by CM herself. She, however, promised to see the trial complete in a month. She also ensured she’d see if the accused were sentenced to death. Incidentally, immediately after this gruesome incident govt offered employment and financial assistance to kin of the victim, but they flatly refused the offer. Villagers formed a Pratibadi Mancha which waited upon Prez at Delhi for precipitate action in Kamduni incident and the intellectuals took out protest rallies in Kolkata streets. In fact, there happened no significant change in the present scenario. On the contrary, Kamduni rape-murder case was transferred to Court in Kolkata much to the disadvantage of Kamduni people. Govt took this Pradibadi Mancha as an affront to them and treated it as an handiwork of the opposition. In a bid to crash the Mancha Govt floated another parallel Mancha.Govt also offered employment to three members of victim’s family along with 1 lac rupees. This time, of course, the poor and needy family gladly accepted the offer. Not only that they wrote a letter to CM vilifying Pratibadi Manchi in all possible ways and making all sorts of allegations against it.They also heaped praise on Mamata Banerjee generously.Now let us wait and watch the fate of the most brutal rape-murder case of the innocent girl of Kamduni.