Endangered professionals

The point we are trying to make here are the hazards of professions that deal with criminals and felons. It is for the state to ensure protection of people like the late professor because in a way they and the police are interlinked since their expert findings and opinions are very crucial to the dispensation of justice; and protecting them is in a way protecting justice. And these should come automatically without having to be asked for, particularly when they are dealing with sensitive criminal cases where their opinion and findings help bring a genuine criminal to justice and by the same token spare an innocent man from the gallows.

We are glad that the driver of the killer jeep has been arrested. There must be a thorough investigation into the death of the professor because we feel that there may be more to it than meets the eye. Otherwise one would have expected the owner of a costly car that is involved in the death of a man to have contacted the police voluntarily. This is only natural for any law abiding citizen, but which he has not done till now.

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It is not a secret that our professionals -- doctors, engineers journalists -- work under very trying circumstances. And some of these put their life on the line in trying to perform their job honestly. They should not be left unprotected.