Today, in the morning newspaper, I read that the case of the murder of the BJP MLA in Bihar, Mr. R.K. Keshri has been handed over to the CBI for investigation. What the hell will the CBI (who is nothing but a puppet in the hands of the selfish politicians) find out ? The murderer, Roopam Pathak, is an educated and civilized lady who had been working as the principal of an educational institution. Why did she, being in the noble profession of teaching and putting up ideals before her students, murder the MLA ? Because that mighty MLA had been sexually exploiting her for the past three years or so under threat and blackmail and she was neither getting justice from the legal system, nor any respite in her trauma which had been gradually killing her soul for the preceding three years.
The so-called immensely popular CM of Bihar (who got people's mandate to rule the state with a huge majority last month) paid his tributes to the dead MLA and alongwith his cabinet members, lauded his contribution (?) for the state and, needless to mention, condemned his murder. But none spoke a single word as to why the all alone murderous lady was brutally beaten by the dead MLA's supporters before being handed over to the police with such ruthlessness that she is first a serious hospital case and thereafter only an accused under trial. Was that not a punishable crime ? The life of the MLA seems precious to these gentlemen (and the mediamen supporting this political coalition of JD-BJP) and not the honour of lady who resorted to this path, risking her own life, only when she got disappointed from all sides. Crocodile tears are being shed for the life of the rapist MLA but no tears are there for the honour of a respectable lady.
This reminds me of B.R. Chopra's popular movie - Insaaf Ka Taraazu (1980) in which Zeenat Aman gets raped by Raj Babbar but does not get justice from the court. The rapist is happy to have raped and gone scotfree. It gives him mental strength to go alongwith his rapist activities with other females too. Finally, she takes the law in her own hands and shoots him dead. Now comparing this real life incident with the three decades old movie, provokes a thought in my mind that is this the only way left for the ladies of our great (!) country ?
Such things are nothing new in Bihar. Some years back, the son of a high-profile politician kept on raping the wife of an IAS officer for years (on this incident, a movie - Insaaf, the Justice had been made, starring Dino Morea, Henna and Namrata Shirodkar). That politician belonged to RJD of Laloo Yadav whereas this MLA belonged to BJP who shares power with Neeteesh Kumar. The moral of the story is whichsoever may be the political party, the political character is uniform.
I am sorry to say that the so-called responsible media (print and electronic alike) in our country who does not leave any opportunity to pat its own back is highly partisan. The newspapers make a hue and cry when someone from the party which they don't support, is involved and keeps their mouths tightly shut when someone from the party which they support, is involved in any such case. Some even go one step forward to justify the wrongdoings of their men (or whose men they themselves are).
I salute the brave lady Roopam who has risked her own life to remove a human-beast who had tainted her womanly honour by misusing his political power. I also appeal to all the humanists and feminists to support her. Though there is a polar difference between reel life and real life, I pray that the judge hearing this case takes a leaf out of the movie, Insaaf Ka Taraazu and acquits Roopam the way the judge in the movie acquits Zeenat Aman.
