This refers to the article “Stalked by the law” (May 28). There is no doubt that the judicial process in India is slow. However, the article makes it seem like only businessmen and some politicians are victims of the slow judicial process, and not the thousands of common citizens under trial, who cannot hire experts and lawyers to represent them. Also, it is naive to believe that Ramalinga Raju of Satyam – despite being the promoter and one-time largest shareholder of Satyam – did not fudge the company’s accounts for personal gains. How can the authors know for sure if Raju’s wrongdoing was restricted to paper jugglery, or that he didn’t gain by offloading his shares at an artificial price backed by fraudulent numbers? A newspaper of your standing should adhere to ethical journalism and not become a mouthpiece of accused businessmen.
Vikram Prakash, Kolkata
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