What do you do when the individuals who you are supposed to belief your life with, are scarier than those who’re after your life? It’s unimaginable how cussed individuals could be, even when they’re unsuitable. It’s much more unimaginable how the vanguards of our authorized system won’t change their methods even after being referred to as out. After they turn into a authorized nightmare, one should resign to the truth that our democracy has misplaced its plot.
The Stolen Necklace chronicles the real-life story of V.Ok. Thajudheen – a person wrongly accused of theft, and who needed to endure 54 days in jail and, until right now, has not been compensated for the psychological, emotional, and bodily trauma he was subjected to. The ebook has been collectively authored by Thajudheen and Shelvin Sebastian – a seasoned journalist who had been following the case from day one.
Regulation enforcement in India is infamous for being fast to mete out punishment. Stress from larger authorities usually makes it unimaginable for policemen to behave impartially. However it’s the unusual bystander who suffers due to this. He turns into the pawn who have to be sacrificed as a way to shut the case.
On this novel, the cops from Chakkarakkal, a small city in Kerala, accuse a person of chain-snatching, primarily based on the proof of a single CCTV display screen seize. They appear to be hell-bent on not letting him go with out a bribe. In a single second, the lifetime of the middle-aged father of three, with a newly-wedded daughter, is turned the wrong way up. He turns into a legal caught within the cross-hairs of bruised egos and unjust techniques.
In easy language, one is taken by the trials and tribulations of the protagonist. On the Thalassery jail, uncertainty and loneliness turn into fixed companions. In a spot the place everyone seems to be handled as sub-human, it’s a battle to keep up his humanity. As the times bleed into one another, reminiscences turn into a much less painful companion. “Each evening ends in daybreak” turns into a relentless chorus, as Thajudheen vows by no means to surrender, whilst hope slowly begins dwindling.
The ebook gives wealthy insights and highlights different instances of the police wrongfully accusing harmless individuals, whereas the precise perpetrators go scot-free. The story doesn’t finish with Thajudheen being proved harmless earlier than the legislation. The irreversible harm attributable to the reckless investigation and brutal misuse of the legislation doesn’t merely disappear in a number of days. A person as soon as convicted will stay the remainder of his life in concern, always wanting over his shoulder. Everybody deserves justice, however when the system that’s tasked with offering it’s defective, it finally ends up being an unattainable dream for a lot of.
The Stolen Necklace
By Shevlin Sebastian and V.Ok. Thajudheen
Revealed by HarperCollins
Worth Rs 399; pages 249
