Timing of MLA Khaira’s arrest fails smell test. Only Punjab Police can help solve the riddle
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Timing of MLA Khaira’s arrest fails smell test. Only Punjab Police can help solve the riddle

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50 word edit | ThePrint team

50 word edit | ThePrint team

Timing of Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira’s arrest in 2015 drugs case fails smell test. It came when he’s posing uncomfortable questions to AAP leaders. SC quashed trial court’s summon to him because it came after trial’s conclusion. His arrest is, therefore, a riddle only Punjab Police can help to solve.

Ujjain teenager rape shows India still doesn’t consider Nirbhaya its daughter

That a bleeding teenage rape victim was left to wander the streets of Ujjain for hours, shooed away by passersby until a kindly temple priest intervened, demonstrates India still doesn’t consider Nirbhaya its daughter. The criminals responsible may be punished, but there cannot be justice until we confront our values.