40 year old Raghu of Palakkad was travelling in a bus of the road transport corporation headed for Perumbavoor and on his person, was carrying a sum of over Rs. 10 grand that he'd collected, as loan, from a bank in Palakkad after pledging his gold ring. As the bus reached its destination a few of the co-passengers, based on a complaint that someone had lost a similar amount while on transit, caught hold of the hapless Raghu and assaulted him mercilessly. He succumbed to the grievous injuries, sustained during the assault, soon after.
The two main protagonists - Santhosh and Satheesan(whose name to fame is that he's the gunman of an MP) have since been nabbed by the police and have been charged with manslaughter. The guys were covering their faces with newspapers to prevent being caught on the media cameras. To my belief, that singular act of their's establishes their guilt! Why're they shy to face people if they're innocent?
In fact, I must say that I'm rather amused by people, caught for misdemeanour, trying to cover their faces as they're taken away by the police. Except for the cases where the identities need to be withheld from the public owing to requirements of investigation, I'm of the opinion that the police must not allow such a 'tamasha'. They ought to be ashamed for their misadventure/ignominy and their faces must be registered by every other citizen!
My prayers for Raghu and here's wishing that his family(his wife's from Gujarat and they've two young children) musters enough strength to tide over the sad incident! And the culprits need to be brought to book forthwith - the harshest punishment, perhaps!!
Yet another reason for the Malayalees to hang their heads in shame!!!
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