Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt responds to Nishrin Jafri Husain's open letter
This is Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt.
Dear Nishrin Jafri Hussain,
Thank you very much for this heartwarming letter of support. What you, your family and thousands of innocent citizens went through in 2002 is barely imaginable.
I still remember that night when my husband returned home. I saw him walk through our gate, his stride still strong and sure; but once he entered our home, for the first time in my life, I saw him loose composure. IPS was my husband’s dream, serving the country was his vocation. That night, I saw that very passion for the forces extinguish in his eyes. Instead, all I could see was grief.
What we are living today is only the consequence of what happened then. Even after all we’ve been through, my husband has not given up his fight to bring Justice to your father; to bring Justice to your mother, and to all those who suffered the loss of friends and families. To bring them whatever solace, whatever closure they could find in seeing the people responsible for the cold-blooded murders of their loved ones being brought to justice. The past sixteen years of our lives have been the consequence of these three terrible days, these three atrocious nights, where gods abandoned us, and the government followed suit.
Ehsan jafri and his daughter Nishrin Jafri Hussain
Dear Nishrin, the abhorrent inactions of power-hungry men and women, who played with human lives for political mileage, will never be forgotten or forgiven.
I do not, for a single moment, regret the fight that my husband led. I do not mourn on the threats we received, on the destruction of my house, the removal of my security guards. Yes, doors may not open as wide as before, and the road to Justice is long. But as long as we stand together, it is not lonely.
To the incredulous, who believe our suffering is the right price to pay for raising our voices, I oppose your resolve.
But to all those sharing our struggle, standing in broad light to demand Justice for your father, for my husband today, I convey our warmest and sincerest gratitude. And to all those silently questioning the timing of last week’s events, uneased by the pernicious feeling that repression and censorship are steadily becoming India’s norms, I ask to stay vigilant. Only at this condition will democracy subsist, and Justice - not retribution, not vengeance - will be brought to our families, and to the families of all those whose suffering has lasted for too long.
With you always,
God bless.
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'Shocked' SC summons police commissioner, IO on Apr 13 in Ghaziabad rape-murder case of minor
New Delhi (PTI): Expressing deep shock, the Supreme Court on Friday intervened in the harrowing rape-murder case of a four-year-old girl in Ghaziabad and summoned the police commissioner and the investigating officer on April 13 with the case records.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of the submissions of senior lawyer N Hariharan, appearing for the victim's father, a daily wager, and expressed its displeasure over the manner in which the state police had conducted the investigation so far in the case.
The CJI lambasted the state police and two private hospitals, which refused to treat the girl before she succumbed to her injuries post-alleged rape, for their "complete indifference" and "insensitive approach".
On March 16, the victim was allegedly lured away by a neighbour on the pretext of buying chocolates and when the child did not return, a search led the father to find her lying unconscious and covered in blood. She later succumbed to her injuries at a government hospital in Ghaziabad.
