Click to play videoNew Delhi: Who will bell the cat, Narendra Modi, the man who's worshipped as a Modern day Hidutva hero by some and despised as a hate monger by many.
A day after the Tehelka sting, the question of 'whodunit' has become a game of political football. With the politicians reluctant, the onus is now on the judiciary.
Civil Liberties lawyer, Prashant Bhushan says, "The courts can certainly take suo motu cognizance."
Ironically, five years ago too, it was the judiciary which had stepped in to check the blot that Gujarat had become.
In a stinging indictment, in 2004, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat lashed out at Modi. They had said then:
"The modern day Neros were looking elsewhere when Best Bakery and innocent children and helpless women were burning, and were probably deliberating how the perpetrators of the crime can be saved or protected. Law and justice become flies in the hands of these wanton boys."
Social activist Teesta Setalvad says, "The security of the witnesses is at stake, I am going to ask the Supreme Court to expedite the hearings."
Meanwhile, videography, unlike audiotapes, is admissible evidence. Once its authenticity is established it can be a potent weapon for the defence.
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