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https://www.news18.com/india/all-in-50-days-how-yogi-govt-finished-off-atiq-ahmeds-rs-1400-cr-empire-exposed-shell-firms-ended-his-gang-7553635.html
Atiq Ahmed, a known gangster, was recently assassinated by unidentified attackers who were heard shouting "Jai Shri Ram". This incident prompts me to contemplate what it signifies. Has the system become so corrupt that citizens are compelled to take up arms? If individuals like Atiq had been held accountable for their crimes and prosecuted instead of being brought to power in the Lok Sabha during the coalition politics/ruling dispensation between 2004-2009, could we have averted this situation? Would the people of India have had greater confidence in the legal system if this had been the case?
Only thing that I disliked about the killing was murderers chanting slogans.
Even if for argument's sake you are hoping for encounters and vigilantes until 'all the bad criminals are dead', those vigilantes and the state will just turn into the new violent bad criminals who won't give up power, so you've replaced one problem with another, right?
They should introduce Governor's rule if people can be executed on live tv like this.
Did you cry for them when they died? Then don't cry for Atiq Ahmed, please.
As for the sermons about a fair trial, before lecturing India you please lecture the US first.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/05/cia-long-history-kill-leaders-around-the-world-north-korea
2. Why on earth should I criticise the US first? It's not my country, I don't really care what happens there. Have you completely lost your sense of logic?
If lawyers had been really concerned about rule of law, then probably atiq would have been behind bars much earlier.