Hunter and the hunted

Updated on: 16 April,2009 08:41 AM IST |
Hemal Ashar | hemal@mid-day.com

Hemal Ashar the writer on how we've become experts at tracking terror and making a tamasha out of it

Hemal Ashar the writer on how we've become experts at tracking terror and making a tamasha out of it

High alert: NSG commandos in action during a mock exercise of Parliament attack
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Justice delayed

As Mumbai gears up for 26/11 accused Ajmal Qasab's trial, one reads the news that China executed two members of its Muslim Uighur group for a 'terrorist' attack. The attack was an attempt to sabotage the 2008 Olympics and killed 17 policemen. While the execution will not bring back the dead, it might provide some closure to those who lost their loved ones. Compare this to the state of those whose family members were killed in the Parliament attack in 2001. After all these years, the accused, Afzal Guru, continues to be used as a political pawn. While China has meted out justice within a year of the attack, we are still debating on what steps to take, seven years on. The relatives of those killed in the Parliament attack are hopelessly waiting for justice. It makes one rethink the effectiveness of 'democracy'.

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