Under the dark shadows of Nithari carnage

Under the dark shadows of Nithari carnage
Alliance for Investigation of the Missing and Slaughtered
Parhald Aggarwal 30/11/2007 1:32:48 PM(IST)


A number of individuals and organization have come together to help the families of umpteen missing and slaughtered Children/persons of India women and other people under the lengthening dark shadows of Nithari carnage. Many people suspect the carnage to have connections with international body parts racketeering. Even the medical officer who examined the exhumed bodies suspects the same. Either they are stolen to exploit in the prostitution market or possible use as servants or to use them as beggars.





We need to get to the bottom of missing people mystery and find ways of ending the same. The other thing highlighted by the Nithari carnage is well-known ineptitude and misbehaviour of police to the public’s woes. In light of the above mentioned unfortunate circumstances we propose to the government to set-up two national commissions:



(1) A national commission for investigation of the missing and slaughtered Children/persons in India (NCIMSCPI) should be formed which will try to get to the bottom of the various reasons behind stealing of children/persons and suggest ways of dealing with the problem. We welcome the reported decision of the UP government to compensate families of the missing children/persons of Nithari. However, this decision begs the question of why should the families of children/persons missing from other places not get paid similar amounts of money? Suitable compensations should be awarded to all deserving the same.



Government(s) should invite applications from families of all who have disappeared or been slaughtered. This will attract applications from all over the country and will help (a) in a fair distribution of compensations all across the country (b) in bringing the miscreants to justice (c) contribute towards ensuring and assuring safety and well-being of our citizen (d) it would act as a sort of national insurance for the aggrieved in the face of devastating losses, and finally, (e) it would help the proposed commission in obtaining information regarding all such victims and get to the bottom of all associated racket.



Needles to say that the money can not be enough of a compensations for a lost life, the compensations do help families in need everybody Aggrieved similarly should get be compensated in a uniform and systematic manner.



(2) A national commission to investigate bureaucratic misbehaviour (NCIBM) needs to be constituted which will find out ways of making our law and order and other organs of government responsive to the common people. In that connection it may be worth mentioning that in the small towns of the USA they elect sheriffs by concerned people’s vote. Many of the judges there are elected. Representatives of people appoint other judges. In other words, they are either directly or indirectly elected by the concerned people, likewise top bureaucrats are also appointed by elected officials.


The above facts have been mentioned points out that in the USA they have democratic set-up that make their top bureaucrats as well as judiciary and police officials beholden to the public opinion, directly or indirectly or indirectly. Dr. Lohis too is said to have expressed opinion that election of top bureaucrats as well as judges owe their positions either to some kind of written tests and /or interviews, or to connections with powerful people, or to outright bribery. No wonder extreme arrogance and conceit appear to be their hallmark. Public opinion and public welfare appear to be that could care about.



While we could do a lot towards improving ways to collecting and processing opinion of the public towards various officials who are supposed to serve the people, nothing would match periodic elections held to elect of re-elect such officials on the basis of direct election among the masses (common man). One might say that our current elected officials appear to be no better than the currently appointed ones. Off hand it appears to be so.



However, on a closer scrutiny one will find that elected officials never behave with the pomposity and haughtiness with which the appointed officials behave. Further, even the limitation of the elected representation can be improved with better election process.

Currently many people whose children and other close relatives have been missing are sitting on ‘dharma’ at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. They have discussed the above demands and they unanimously support demands.



Parhald Aggarwal is the President of Foundation for Common Man, B-58/149, Guru Nanak Pura, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi - 110092 India, Phone: 00919911099737