Fake or fair???

I don’t know why this topic draws me so much….I forget about it and then decide I won’t think about it again…I Have had many arguments about this from people of varied circles…and each time I have decided that I won’t think or write about it..But here I am once again on the same issue…May be its because Delhi is recovering from the shock of the Saturday blasts and Delhi police claim to have killed two ‘suspected militants’ and the newspapers are splashed with news on this …journals and articles here and there on every page; almost under every section …Even I thought of venting out my thoughts on the issue...

Delhi’s heart was blasted last Saturday and I have been hearing mixed reactions from people on who actually is responsible for it…what should be done about it… Role of our govt. in fighting out them…
Good that we have reached a certain level in our investigations and come to know about who the actual perpetrators are …but reading the newspaper and watching television reports ; there is speculation that this might be just another fake encounter. Well it might be and it might not be. I don’t have to say anything against this encounter but I was actually wondering today about the fake encounters which have taken place in J&K …which continue to take place wherever terrorism reaches its peak and police is under pressure to crack down the cases. People are harassed and humiliated just because they belong to some faith. People are questioned and suspected. Instances on this can be the Hyderabad blasts ; Ahmadabad blasts ; Orissa killings.

Yes, it’s perfectly fine to find out the truth and question suspects and in the trail we might question someone by mistake. But making some innocent pay for someone else who committed the crime and hiding your own incapability of finding the real culprit is not justified. Is it??
Is it fair to blame the entire faith and held a community responsible for a wrong being done. Imagine yourself in US at time of 9/11; you could have easily been the target of public humiliation because you were of Asian origin. Is it justified? No naa. But we play the same blame game here. Don’t us. It’s a pity that we lose our sense of judgment and pick an easy target to ease the pressure on us.

I would rather quote these lines from a piece of journal as they are:
“There is no doubt that the governments and people of this land need to combat terrorism , and to track down and punish those who randomly take innocent lives .But in this battle we must not sacrifice our convictions , of democracy , law , justice and humanity . We must not profile people because of their faith. We must not incarcerate people without evidence and torture them to extract spurious proof .If we do , our jails may overflow with men we dub to be terrorists , but the terrorists would still triumph , victorious in their battle of enabling fear and hate to extinguish our sense of goodness and fairness. “

It’s a topic for open debate and I might not be entirely updated on the issue ; people might have seen different aspects of the same issue and they might be harboring different views on this but the bottom line remains the same : Be justified in whatever you do. In being unable to find the real culprit don't just grab anyone by the collar.Don’t take lives or ruin somebody’s life by plain introspection. No innocent should pay the price otherwise there is no difference between us and them.This is even what they do.