Murder and the Girl(s)

I have a fever but I am sure that’s not the only reason my temperature is rising.

In the early hours of September 30, these same men were cruising along Nelson Mandela Marg in a drunken state. They spotted her driving at a moderate speed. They tried to wedge their Wagon R in front of her vehicle but shot her when she refused to stop.

It took the cruel death of another woman for Delhi police to get off their keesters and actually try (I use this word rather loosely in the given context) nab the murderers of Soumya Vishwanathan. The Headlines Today journalist/producer was shot at point blank range by a man who is(was), in fact, a police informer and known to dress up in a cop’s uniform and prance around (quite literally) the city while flashing the police beacon on top of his car.
This callous killer and his compadres had actually visited the emergency ward at the hospital where Soumya was taken to ensure that she was dead.

The men — three of them detained on Monday — are main accused Ravi Kapoor, Amit Kumar Shukla, Baljeet Malik and Vijay Kumar. The police are on the hunt for the fifth accused, Ajay Kumar.

Said Commissioner of Police Y S Dadwal: “The murders of both Jigisha Ghosh and Soumya Vishwanathan have been solved with the arrest of these men. Ajay Kumar is still on the run.”

And why, your prickly little brains might query, did he feel the need to put a bullet in some young woman’s head?
Our bobbies claim that Ravi and his cohorts found Soumya’s restrained driving a slight nuisance and so this drunken coterie decided to kill her. Better still, when her car – out of control and skidding – hit the side of the highway, they stopped their own vehicle, got out and went to check if the girl was breathing or not.
After confirming that she was dead, they got in and sped away.

These men were also responsible for smothering to death Jigisha Ghosg, an IT professional, a few weeks after murdering Soumya.
An important note – Both these women were returning home after a late night shift.

Another important note – If the cops had actually made some effort to trace the killer after Soumya’s meaningless death, they could have avoided Jigisha’s murder.

I resume my frequent barking – what are we doing about the safety of women in this country?
I would really like some answers. Now.
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