The following link takes you to the Rediff News story about the continuing struggle of Scarlet's mother at Britain to have a third postmortem on her daughter's body so that the case is not hushed up in India.

A foreigner has taken upon herself the task of exposing the corrupt Indian Bureaucracy more than seeking justice to her dughter's killing. We boast of our country as a country of cultural values like treating women as our own daughters, sisters and mothers. A wayward British teenager gets drugged, raped and killed. Not protecting the child itself is a matter of shame. But our bureaucracy goes one step further and tries to hush up the matter. We should be ashamed that this happened to an 'Athithi'.

I saw the NDTV debate on this incident at GOA, few weeks back. The girl's mother reacted very sensibly to rather reckless remarks on her. The irony is that most of the nonsense emanated from women.

A mother of teenage children in Goa commented, 'I never feel GOA unsafe for my children. Of course, drugs are there, I keep them off bad company. This is a case of bad parenting.'

A girl from software industry said, ' I frequently visit GOA alone, I don't find the place unsafe. If you are under the influence of drugs, it's another matter.'

I am not arguing that it's OK for teenagers to take drugs. But is it not the Govt's responsibility to keep the country free of Narcotics? The NCB has sweeping powers. What is it doing? Making money. Most of the fellows in Police, Customs and NCB are bribed by drug peddlers. This has the blessings of our political leaders also. At least GOA TOURISM should be honest enough to warn hapless tourists to keep a guard on their children and save them from drug peddlers.

Shameless Bureaucrats and Conscienceless citizens. MERA BHARATH MAHAN!