Chinkara vs Jessica
Advocate Padmini from Bangalore sent us this piece.
There are any number of organisations in our country known for protecting wild animals and birds and when someone goes on a hunting spree and kills animals, these organisations actively involve and help the government /investigating agencies to nab the killer and punish them. That is how our handsome Salman Khan has been recently convicted for killing chinkaras in Rajasthan in 1998. Of course wildlife needs to be protected as they are part of our environment.
But what about human life? Is it any less important than animals! The killers rather murderers of Jessica Lal are acquitted for lack of evidence when she was shot dead in front of hundreds of people who witnessed the killing amidst a party in a bar run by a socialite without a licence? Many of them were supposed to be her best friends and why did they do this? It means they were not genuine friends or for that matter there was not a single good and courageous soul in the party who could come to the witness box when they were eye witness to the murder. Will their conscience permit them to live in peace?
When life of animals are becoming more and more precious by day with so many people/organisations to protect them, why then there is no one, not even a friend coming forward when a human life is lost. Where are we heading to?
Let us hope and pray Jessica’s family get some solace/justice at the higher court.