Nithari killings Just the beginning: Truth remains hidden in mutilated bodies
Where are Sonia Gandhi, Arundhati Roy, and Medha Patkar?
Nithari killings--Just the beginning:
Truth remains hidden in mutilated bodies
By Padma Bhargav, Freelance Journalist
Friday, January 5, 2007
Gujarat-India-I don't know whether I should be proud of being a citizen of India, which claims to be the largest functioning democracy of the world, or feel ashamed of claiming birth in this land where police, politicians and high profile administrative personalities have lost their sense of humanity. It is less than a week that skeletons of small, innocent, poor children were dug out in the Nithari village of Noida, Uttar Pradesh is sending shock waves all across the country.
Recently, writer Arundhati Roy pleaded to forgive Afzal Guru, the accused terrorist in the Parliament attack case of 1993. Even the top congress leaders appealed to the President, Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam to forgive Guru and take back his death sentence issued by the apex court. But Arundhati Roy or Medha Patkar or Sonia Gandhi or the President of India do not have time even to come down and visit the parents of the dead children in a time of great grief and pain. Arundhati can advocate for pardoning the terrorists but does not have even a few words of solace for these people. The so-called social activist Medha Patkar fights for the rehabilitation of villagers due to the construction of Narmada Dam in Gujarat but does not think it necessary to protest these killings. That is not all Congress high-command Sonia Gandhi has launched her son, Rahul Gandhi to do for improving the conditions of Uttar Pradesh in the wake of assembly elections in the state and opposes the present Samajwadi rule. Yet both mother and son are turning a deaf ear to the sobbing and weeping of several mothers and fathers. Our honourable President says that he loves children. Wherever he goes he meets the children, but probably he does not think it necessary to go and meet the people of Nithari village or even condemn the heinous crime where so many small girls were crushed to death at a tender age. This is a national shame and Indians demand reaction, response, responsibility and a reply from the people ruling this country. India wants an answer.
People are living on the edge of insecurity, uncertainty and unknown fear; whether it is 16-year-old Kanti or 4-year-old Preeti (names have been changed). There is no age bar, there is no sign of humanity, and there is no sign of fear of being caught or punished in this trade. Well you must be wondering what is the trade all about? It is about the organ trade, which actually needs to be unearthed from the mutilated bodies of innocent and poor children of Nithari village in the industrial town of Noida adjoining the capital city--New Delhi.
The villagers found some bodies in the drainage behind a house in Noida. This created a huge panic and within hours around 17 human skeletons were dug from the backside of the house. Media reports say that more than 98 children have been missing in the past two years, but police did not even bother to lodge a complaint. Surprisingly a doctor who was under the scanner for a kidney racket around four years back lives just next door. But police could not find any link with this incident. Do these bodies have any relation with the events of next door? Although the high level committee appointed by the central government has indicated the involvement of professionals looking into the manner in which the bodies have been cut, the mystery remains unsolved. Yet important human organs like heart, lungs, kidneys and liver are also found missing from these bodies. The committee is investigating at its own level but the inaction, irresponsiveness and insensitivity of Noida police towards the complaints of parents about their missing children of almost four years is certainly a matter of deep concern. The people have lost faith in policemen and they also suspect how it is possible to have all the killings actually done without the knowledge of police and high profile people in political fields. In the midst of public outrage, the Supreme Court is not willing to intervene and dismissed a public interest litigation case (PIL) saying that the matter is already being investigated by several agencies.
Reports of missing children are also being heard from other places as well, but the police have not bothered to find them or give some suitable answer to worried parents. This is just the beginning and the actual crime is being carried on at a much larger scale with the involvement of several suspected high profile people.
What appears on the surface to be a simple sex maniac case could actually be a huge network of a multi-billion dollar organ trade. The investigations should be completed as early as possible because it is alleged that police are trying to destroy the evidence. The suspending and dismissal of some police officers is not sufficient, the culprits, the owner and servant in this case can prove to be the scapegoats and the real culprits involved in the crime might remain scot-free.
A large number of people from abroad are coming to India for organ transplants because it involves one-tenth of the cost paid in the US, Canada and UK along with a zero waiting period. There should be a law to see that the doctors, hospitals and people who use the organs for transplants should maintain transparent at every step. The person who is using the organ should ask for the details of the donor, the hospitals should maintain complete records of the donors, their names, addresses, identity proof and contact numbers. No organ should be accepted without the details of donors.
Today people are on the streets screaming for justice. This outrage, protest and anger could turn out into a big revolution against the injustice, lawlessness and anarchy prevailing in the state. The public outcry can not be easily silenced. Probably the day on which this revolution ousts the present political set up, the masses will term as Doom's day or the end of Satan in history.
Padma Bhargav is a freelance journalist and can be reached at e-mail: padma.bhargav@gmail.com
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