Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Caution advised” (July 25). It is distressing that despite the Supreme Court taking serious note of the recent wave of lynchings across the country and pulling up the Government both at the Central and State level to take stringent measures and think of a separate law for the same, this heinous crime continues unabated. Not even a week passed, and a man was lynched in Rajasthan’s Alwar district by a mob on suspicion of cow smuggling. Are the perpetrators who single out a particular community or caste with impunity well assured of protection from those determined to polarise the nationIJ As a particular ideological front appears hell bent on perilously going back to the Stone Age, the Government seems oblivious to the serious impact of such happenings. The Centre’s continued indifference to the issue is intriguing.
All it has to do is to tighten vigilance and ensure that accountability is clearly demarcated. The judiciary, instead of waiting for a separate law, should fast track lynching cases.