Thoughts on Nithari: Lexicon revolts

When I think of the Nithari incident, I find there is so much to say, but when I try to translate my thoughts in to signifiers sheer disgust makes entire lexicon revolt. What I have been able to say is not enough, not significant, but I am thankful to my self that I made an effort. The majority of us are, in Eliot’s terms, hollow men.

The pusillanimity of Indians sometimes shocks me. Their children get killed, and then eaten up by the ... and they can't do a thing to the culprits!!! And the administration does everything to protect the eaters of human flesh. The entire system is corrupt. It needs to be changed. All our current leaders should be publicly lynched and thrown in to the gutters of Ghazia Bad so that no animal or bird eats their flesh and falls sick.
The only father who won't mind his son being killed, cooked and eaten up is Harivansh Raay Bacchan, one of my favourite poets, whose son, the greedy and opportunist guy, my keyboard refuses to type his name, even after Nithari is seen on TV channels barking about the lack of crime in UP. I wonder why doesn't Abhishek Bacchan disown his father. He should be worried about his own children, he is soon going to get married, what if Pandher fancies eating his children's flesh. That is more likely going to be tasty.
We might read some news about it when and if that happens till then let's read a news article about the investigation in to the Nithari cannibalism.
Days after the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a chargesheet in the Ghaziabad court against Nithari killings accused Surinder Koli, Moninder Singh Pandher and suspended sub-inspector Simranjit Kaur several questions remain unanswered.

Most pressing are the ones about the manner in which the agency conducted the probe and the virtual clean chit to Pandher even while placing the onus of kidnapping, raping and killing children on his servant, Koli.

"What can the investigating agency do in this matter?" asks Joginder Singh, former CBI director. "No one was willing to come forward and testify. They found just one witness. Public perception is one thing, and proving it in the court of law is just another," he told rediff.com while discussing the case.

However, few are willing to buy this argument. The critics ask: What about Pandher? How is it possible that the owner of the house was unaware of what was happening or what his servant was doing without his express consent?

That Pandher wields a lot of political clout is rather evident from the fact that though he had been arrested earlier and kept under surveillance, his movementswithin Noida-Nithari were not restricted.

There are still a lot of unanswered questions about Pandher's dealings with SI Kaur, especially since large sums of money were recovered from her bank account.Was he paying her off to try and hush up the case? Were Kaur's seniors aware of the matter at all? The sub-inspector has since been booked under provisionsof the Prevention of Corruption Act.

What remains unclear are the details behind the disappearance and murder of Payal, who had gone missing in May last year. Her father had named Pandher andKoli as a suspects in her disappearance and it was the discovery of her cellphone that led to the uncovering of the gruesome Nithari killings.

Another interesting point in the whole episode is the role of maidservant Maya who did odd jobs around the house. Why is it that she never reported anythingto the police? How is it that she was totally oblivious of what is going on?

What was Pandher's actual role in these gruesome murders? What happened to his initial confessions about his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and killingsof the children?

There is also tremendous speculation over his political connections, especially in Punjab. Who did Pandher call from his cellphone when he was in trouble,what about the call records?

The CBI, even if it has the above details, has decided not share them with the media. Pandher's son had claimed that his father rarely went to the house in Nithari village. Is it true or just another attempt to hide the truth from the public? Till the CBI speaks, we will never know.