A hot debate has ensued in our country, on whether Parvez is a victim or not? Many like me agree that the police was just doing its job. They received an information which they had to check out. When the nation is under security threat, this doesn't look like a big deal. But this doesn't justify the police's dance in front of the camera terming Parvez as a terrorist. I havent seen any of the TV reports (thankfully am spared of the 24/7 inane news onslaught) but after reading about Karnataka Police's eagerness in branding Parvez as a terrorist, I feel that Police does owe an apology. Not for arresting Parvez for investigation but for trying to show off their media suaveness.
I remember the Aarushi murder case and each time the police/CBI arrested some one under suspicion, the whole media circus would start playing. It would start with police's declaration in front of the camera about branding the suspect as almost a convicted criminal, then media further pronouncing their verdict and showing stupid role plays to demonstrate how the suspect killed the victim. To date CBI has not found a shred of evidence to implicate any of the suspects, but the media has almost branded each of them as accused. I can only imagine the kind of ignominy the accused and their family have to go through due to the media circus. Whatever happened to the old fashioned way of letting the court giving the verdict? With the courts taking eons to decide on a case, the media trial seems to be the new way of serving justice (rather injustice) to most of the accused. Parvez is thus, a victim of the new media savvy brand of policemen and politicians our country has developed.
Next in step, I can imagine police following Shashi Tharoor footsteps and twitting away to glory each time they catch a suspect. ( @2P.M.4 men arrstd, think thy r terrorists......@4P.M.No thy r not......@5P.M. V found rdx traces, thy r....... @6P.M......m/c faulty, thy r not, request sent for new m/cs & new terrorists.......)
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