[Assam] cbi probe
Ram Sarangapani
assamrs at gmail.com
Sun May 4 06:55:41 IST 2008
C'da,
I too don't have that much confidence that the CBI will be able to do a
great job.
But I do think it is the right step. At the very least, such a probe will
put the condition of rhinos in focus. Every international wildlife assoc.
and funding authority will also be looking for results from the probe.
Isn't that much BETTER than not doing a darn thing, and crying hoarse from
the galleries. :)
My question is this, if this inept CBI did NOT take up the probe, then
everyone and his uncle would have been yelling that the GOI/CBI just don't
care, wouldn't they?
>The only problem is that IF they did NOT hold the ULTIMATE powers,
Unfortunately, in this particular case, the killing and poaching of rhinos
is a "State issue". People may argue that since Kaziranga, being a 'national
preserve', Assam does not have any responsibility or role to play to
maintain its sanctity.
Assam Forest officials control and maintain it.
>questions about what CBI found, prosecuted and brought to justice:
> *** Parag Das' killers/ and those who ordered it.
> *** Assam Secret Killing order executors and order givers.
> *** All the myriad of scams across the length and breadth of India.
> *** Bofors
> *** OIL for Food
> *** The Fertilizer scam
Ok - so even that kind of record, why are we still approaching them? It may
be because one more item could be added - "Kaziranga Rhino killing scam" in
future years?
And why is it impossible to separate issues? Maybe, just maybe this probe
will succeed.
But, what do you suggest, C'da?
(a) No Probe by CBI?
(b) Yes, there must be a CBI Probe - then we can handicap them from the get
go.
(c) Do nothing - let the rhinos get killed, but we can still go with the
same old blame-game
(d) Something else - which nobody has a clue about.
--Ram
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
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> >The can't win, can they? :)
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> **** Ohhhhh the poor CBI, the poor GOI , they never can win, can they?
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> My heart does go out to them.
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> The only problem is that IF they did NOT hold the ULTIMATE powers,
> they could not be fingered, could they?
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> If I were to be hurt by the unkind observations of "India-haters" and
> other scum-of-the-earth :-), I would put them in their place by
> ANSWERING the uncomfortable questions about what CBI found,
> prosecuted and brought to justice:
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> *** Parag Das' killers/ and those who ordered it.
> *** Assam Secret Killing order executors and order givers.
> *** All the myriad of scams across the length and breadth of India.
> *** Bofors
> *** OIL for Food
> *** The Fertilizer scam
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> Need I go on?
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> At 9:13 AM -0500 5/3/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
> >and IF the CBI ignored it, all this would have been Dilli's fault.
> >
> >The can't win, can they? :)
> >
> >Seriously, I am glad that the the CBI is looking into this. This spate
> of
> >rhino killings must be some organized effort which includes powerful
> people,
> >maybe even Bangladeshis, 'illegal aliens', insurgents, and who knows who
> >else. Something like this will probably not go anywhere, but at the very
> >least might stem the poaching.
> >
> >Do they have accurate records of how many rhinos are still left? I
> recently
> >heard someone say that there are fewer than a 1000 in the wild in Assam.
> >
> >--Ram
> >
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> >
> >On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
> wrote:
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> >> It is ALL about SEEMING to be doing something. As long as it SEEMS
> >> that way, they are all content, aren't they?
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> >> At 5:58 PM +0530 5/3/08, mc mahant wrote:
> >> >What did CBI find :
> >> >
> > > >Re Killers/killing orders -- Parag Das
> >> >Re Killers/killing orders -- Secret killings in Pro Fool MOHONTO
> > > >regime Re Open Killings in Towrooon's ever-grinning days?
> >> >
> >> >Copying USA :
> >> >
> >> >FBI to CBI
> >> >RAW to RAW
> >> >--is all right. India excels in that-- but only in that.
> >> >Of course the Bofors scam , Saddam's "OIL-For Food " $5000 Million
> >> >scam were pumped direct to Congress- and lost in records forever?
> >> >How'bout Mahajan's 6000 Crores?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >mm
> >> >> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 11:59:13 +0000> From:
> >> >>navathakuria at rediffmail.com> To: umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu> CC:
> >> >>assam at assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] cbi probe> > Assam to have CBI
> >> >>probe against rhino poaching> > Guwahati, Sat, 3 May 2008 NI
> >> >>Wire > > > Finally with intense public pressure and demands from
> >> >>various quarters including appeal from several NGOs and the All
> >> >>Assam Students Union (AASU), the state administration has finally
> >> >>asked the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI to probe into the
> >> >>rhino poaching.> > > > The influential organisations like All Assam
> >> >>Students Union, Nature's Beckon, Friends of Assam and Seven
> >> >>Sisters, Journalists Forum, Assam with many others had been raising
> >> >>voices for a CBI probe into the slaughtering of endangered rhinos
> >> >>in various national parks of Assam for quite a long time. > >
> >> >>E-mail Article > Printer Friendly > Text-Size > > > > In the wake
> >> >>of continuous poaching of rhinos in Assam's Kaziranga National Park
> >> >>and the Rajiv Gandhi wildlife sanctuary in Orang, the government
> >> >>has decided to carry out a CBI probe on the illegal killings of at
> >> >>least 27 rhinos since January 2007. > > > > Reportedly the
> >> >>government had earlier transferred the Kaziranga Divisional Forest
> >> >>Officer and formed a committee to find out the reasons behind the
> >> >>spurt in rhino poaching in three of the rhino habitat regions:
> >> >>Kaziranga, Orang and Pabitora game sanctuary. The committee is due
> >> >>to submit a report for effective measures to combat
> >> >>poaching. > > > > The continued poaching of most endangered
> >> >>one-horned rhino has been a major public concern drawing a nexus
> >> >>between illegal poachers and Forest Department authorities in those
> > > >>sanctuaries. > > > > Blaming the administration for not doing
> >> >>enough to combat illegal rhino killings, AASU, the state's largest
> >> >>student organisation, has launched a campaign to create awareness
> >> >>against rhino poaching. > > > > Earlier on April 28, two rhinos
> >> >>including a calf were killed by organised poacher gangs;
> >> >>unremitting poaching has so far jeopardised conservation effort of
> >> >>this endangered wildlife. > > > >
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