She writes...
Seriously, what went wrong ? It could've been just another twin murder case. It could've easily vanished into those thick lumps of dusty files. Yet, It blew up. Blew up to be one of the most scandalous cases ever. One that made the Indian Judicial system look like a complete farce in front of its people. One, which will not be forgotten for a LONG time...
I opened my idiot box on May 16th to see the headlines flashing about an yet another teenage murder case. Didn't pay much attention to the details, as i was by now getting used to the words like "Murder","Abused","Teenage" and "Noida" being flashed on the screen an infinite number of times. Finding myself being served the same news in almost all the channels that whole day, i decided to finally hear the news. Yes, there's a beautiful 13 yr old Arushi, and then there's the domestic servant, Hemraj who is not around. Giving the perfect plot for our favorite news channels (!!!) to go on and make a nice tale and treat it to the millions who innocently watch them.
Plot #1 : Hemraj abused Arushi and later murdered her.
Plot #2 : Hemraj and Arushi had it rough for a long time and one night Hemraj kills Arushi to take revenge !
Plot #3 : Hemraj and Arushi had an affair. ( Most disgusting of 'em all)
And then, there's a constable who accidently happens to catch one of these headlines flashing on screen and recites it to his superiors. They find it quite convincing and probably decide to pick one of 'em and take credit for the brilliant storyline themselves, leaving sector 25 without giving a slightest thought to look around , lest they find something like , say "Hemraj's DEAD BODY on the terrace" !!!!! They obviously settled for the easier and lazier option.
It couldn't have gone worse for the UP police when the neighbour's of the Talwar's had to show them the way to the terrace to find the body. I was shocked with these turn of events. A case that was treated like an ordinary murder suit took a complete U-turn. UP Police just proved themselves to be a Joke to the public.
ENTER Media. The workstations of these news channels must've announced some prize money for the guys who come up with the most convincing and thrilling story for the Talwar case. Everyone put their sherlock caps on. With some help from our most trusted police fraternity of UP, I don't think they had much pressue in coming up with a deluge of plots.
Plot #4: Rajesh Talwar ( Father of Arushi) was drunk and he murdered Arushi.
Plot #5: Rajesh Talwar had a row with Arushi about her relationships with Hemraj . Hemraj tries to protect Arushi from Rajesh hurting her and hence ends up being the bait himself.
Plot #6: The vice-versa of plot #5. Arushi sees Rajesh killing Hemraj and ends up with the same fate.
Plot #7: Rajesh Talwar had an affair with friend and colleague Anita Durani . Arushi knew about this. Rajesh killed her. Later, Hemraj.
Plot #8: Rajesh and Nupur ( Mother of Arushi ) plan the murder. (The most ridiculous of the lot.)
I was exhausted seeing this whole lot of crap coming out of media and Police everyday. It was over a month now. Rajesh arrested. No sign of any improvements in the case. The "Whodunnit" question swimming forever. Although, i have to admit . The media and the stories from the Police almost got me to believe that something was wrong about the father. Yes, not a surprise. Most of us did. That's the sheer power of media. Damn it. With all the hype and hoopla, we had nothing to doubt.
Just when things were getting to dry, We got the CBI in. (Somehow in India, we have them at the right time in the right place. ) And things started to unravel. And today, on July 12th, after 50 days of physical and mental torture, the father is released. Does the media even understand what it is to spend 50 DAYs in the Jail ? Can they replace the wounds of the bloody torture ? What does the UP police and media have to say now ?
Apologise ??
Mr.Talwar, Sue them for God's sake. We don't need such insensitive media and those extremely incompetent lot in the UP Police community.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
The Police Story & The Black Media...
She writes...
Seriously, what went wrong ? It could've been just another twin murder case. It could've easily vanished into those thick lumps of dusty files. Yet, It blew up. Blew up to be one of the most scandalous cases ever. One that made the Indian Judicial system look like a complete farce in front of its people. One, which will not be forgotten for a LONG time...
I opened my idiot box on May 16th to see the headlines flashing about an yet another teenage murder case. Didn't pay much attention to the details, as i was by now getting used to the words like "Murder","Abused","Teenage" and "Noida" being flashed on the screen an infinite number of times. Finding myself being served the same news in almost all the channels that whole day, i decided to finally hear the news. Yes, there's a beautiful 13 yr old Arushi, and then there's the domestic servant, Hemraj who is not around. Giving the perfect plot for our favorite news channels (!!!) to go on and make a nice tale and treat it to the millions who innocently watch them.
Plot #1 : Hemraj abused Arushi and later murdered her.
Plot #2 : Hemraj and Arushi had it rough for a long time and one night Hemraj kills Arushi to take revenge !
Plot #3 : Hemraj and Arushi had an affair. ( Most disgusting of 'em all)
And then, there's a constable who accidently happens to catch one of these headlines flashing on screen and recites it to his superiors. They find it quite convincing and probably decide to pick one of 'em and take credit for the brilliant storyline themselves, leaving sector 25 without giving a slightest thought to look around , lest they find something like , say "Hemraj's DEAD BODY on the terrace" !!!!! They obviously settled for the easier and lazier option.
It couldn't have gone worse for the UP police when the neighbour's of the Talwar's had to show them the way to the terrace to find the body. I was shocked with these turn of events. A case that was treated like an ordinary murder suit took a complete U-turn. UP Police just proved themselves to be a Joke to the public.
ENTER Media. The workstations of these news channels must've announced some prize money for the guys who come up with the most convincing and thrilling story for the Talwar case. Everyone put their sherlock caps on. With some help from our most trusted police fraternity of UP, I don't think they had much pressue in coming up with a deluge of plots.
Plot #4: Rajesh Talwar ( Father of Arushi) was drunk and he murdered Arushi.
Plot #5: Rajesh Talwar had a row with Arushi about her relationships with Hemraj . Hemraj tries to protect Arushi from Rajesh hurting her and hence ends up being the bait himself.
Plot #6: The vice-versa of plot #5. Arushi sees Rajesh killing Hemraj and ends up with the same fate.
Plot #7: Rajesh Talwar had an affair with friend and colleague Anita Durani . Arushi knew about this. Rajesh killed her. Later, Hemraj.
Plot #8: Rajesh and Nupur ( Mother of Arushi ) plan the murder. (The most ridiculous of the lot.)
I was exhausted seeing this whole lot of crap coming out of media and Police everyday. It was over a month now. Rajesh arrested. No sign of any improvements in the case. The "Whodunnit" question swimming forever. Although, i have to admit . The media and the stories from the Police almost got me to believe that something was wrong about the father. Yes, not a surprise. Most of us did. That's the sheer power of media. Damn it. With all the hype and hoopla, we had nothing to doubt.
Just when things were getting to dry, We got the CBI in. (Somehow in India, we have them at the right time in the right place. ) And things started to unravel. And today, on July 12th, after 50 days of physical and mental torture, the father is released. Does the media even understand what it is to spend 50 DAYs in the Jail ? Can they replace the wounds of the bloody torture ? What does the UP police and media have to say now ?
Apologise ??
Mr.Talwar, Sue them for God's sake. We don't need such insensitive media and those extremely incompetent lot in the UP Police community.
Seriously, what went wrong ? It could've been just another twin murder case. It could've easily vanished into those thick lumps of dusty files. Yet, It blew up. Blew up to be one of the most scandalous cases ever. One that made the Indian Judicial system look like a complete farce in front of its people. One, which will not be forgotten for a LONG time...
I opened my idiot box on May 16th to see the headlines flashing about an yet another teenage murder case. Didn't pay much attention to the details, as i was by now getting used to the words like "Murder","Abused","Teenage" and "Noida" being flashed on the screen an infinite number of times. Finding myself being served the same news in almost all the channels that whole day, i decided to finally hear the news. Yes, there's a beautiful 13 yr old Arushi, and then there's the domestic servant, Hemraj who is not around. Giving the perfect plot for our favorite news channels (!!!) to go on and make a nice tale and treat it to the millions who innocently watch them.
Plot #1 : Hemraj abused Arushi and later murdered her.
Plot #2 : Hemraj and Arushi had it rough for a long time and one night Hemraj kills Arushi to take revenge !
Plot #3 : Hemraj and Arushi had an affair. ( Most disgusting of 'em all)
And then, there's a constable who accidently happens to catch one of these headlines flashing on screen and recites it to his superiors. They find it quite convincing and probably decide to pick one of 'em and take credit for the brilliant storyline themselves, leaving sector 25 without giving a slightest thought to look around , lest they find something like , say "Hemraj's DEAD BODY on the terrace" !!!!! They obviously settled for the easier and lazier option.
It couldn't have gone worse for the UP police when the neighbour's of the Talwar's had to show them the way to the terrace to find the body. I was shocked with these turn of events. A case that was treated like an ordinary murder suit took a complete U-turn. UP Police just proved themselves to be a Joke to the public.
ENTER Media. The workstations of these news channels must've announced some prize money for the guys who come up with the most convincing and thrilling story for the Talwar case. Everyone put their sherlock caps on. With some help from our most trusted police fraternity of UP, I don't think they had much pressue in coming up with a deluge of plots.
Plot #4: Rajesh Talwar ( Father of Arushi) was drunk and he murdered Arushi.
Plot #5: Rajesh Talwar had a row with Arushi about her relationships with Hemraj . Hemraj tries to protect Arushi from Rajesh hurting her and hence ends up being the bait himself.
Plot #6: The vice-versa of plot #5. Arushi sees Rajesh killing Hemraj and ends up with the same fate.
Plot #7: Rajesh Talwar had an affair with friend and colleague Anita Durani . Arushi knew about this. Rajesh killed her. Later, Hemraj.
Plot #8: Rajesh and Nupur ( Mother of Arushi ) plan the murder. (The most ridiculous of the lot.)
I was exhausted seeing this whole lot of crap coming out of media and Police everyday. It was over a month now. Rajesh arrested. No sign of any improvements in the case. The "Whodunnit" question swimming forever. Although, i have to admit . The media and the stories from the Police almost got me to believe that something was wrong about the father. Yes, not a surprise. Most of us did. That's the sheer power of media. Damn it. With all the hype and hoopla, we had nothing to doubt.
Just when things were getting to dry, We got the CBI in. (Somehow in India, we have them at the right time in the right place. ) And things started to unravel. And today, on July 12th, after 50 days of physical and mental torture, the father is released. Does the media even understand what it is to spend 50 DAYs in the Jail ? Can they replace the wounds of the bloody torture ? What does the UP police and media have to say now ?
Apologise ??
Mr.Talwar, Sue them for God's sake. We don't need such insensitive media and those extremely incompetent lot in the UP Police community.
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