An act of extreme cruelty

No words are enough to condemn the cruel circumstances under which the child was done to death. He was enticed away by the murderer, a senior college student on the promise of listening to music and was rammed against the floor until his mother was able to rescue him in a severely injured condition. The little boy was killed for no fault of his other than littering things.

Law should deal with the incident with strong and swift hands. We believe that it should also serve as warning bell for the entire society. This incident is symptomatic of a bigger social ailment: the casual manner in which we are playing around with human lives. Remember, the attempted murders of three school-going children by their mates only the other day! It is our impression that the growing pressures of living has destabilised social balance needed for an all round growth of a healthy society.

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The sociologists can explain the phenomenon but it is the duty of the law and order forces to act in stout defence of social equilibrium. The time is running out, we should get our act together in combating violence in all its manifestations.