‘Hindutva terror’ acquittals expose India’s deeply compromised criminal justice system

One by one, persons credibly charged with Hindutva terror attacks since 2006 have been discharged by courts, always on grounds of shoddy police investigation. Pragya Thakur and Assemanand. India’s criminal justice system has long been profoundly compromised by its deeply ingrained prejudice against India’s oppressed populations – Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims, women and the poor. Under…