today prithviraj chawhan, the chief minister of maharashtra demands the death penalty of sajjad mogal, the alleged killer of lawyer pallavi purkayastha. i was stunned at the statement of Mr.chawhan that he calls it "rarest of rare" crime !!. i wonder what exactly is rarest of rare crime? the term "rarest of rare" means literally something that seldom happens: a very less frequent thing. now lets see if pallavi's mueder falls under this defination.
pallavi was killed by stabbing with knife or dagger. sajjad stabs pallavi with a dagger and cut her throat. now is such kind of murder i.e. murder by stabbing a less frequent thing in a country like india? does it seldom happen in india? or is there very few incident of such stabbing in india?
the answer is NO, NO and NO. murder by stabbing is more frequent, often occuring event in india. it is so frequent that nobody will even bother if one sees such stabbing on the road. stabbing happened from theft to extortion to robbery to dacoity cases. sometimes it is used as a revenge too. since it is frequent event, it cannot be called rarest of rare crime.
one may argue that stabbing by security guard is rare event. but sajjad was not pallavi's personal security guard. he was the security guard of the building. his duty was to protect the building, not to protect pallavi alone. so it is merely a stabbing case which is very common in india. nobody can just call it rarest of rare crime and claim death penalty.
it is very wellknown fact that politicians can do anything for their own interest. churchil said that in politics only interest is constant. so Mr. chawhan is not guilty advocating for sajjad's death penalty. but we have full trust on judges who have superior judgemental skill. they will understand the true nature of crime and do justice with both party.
