The overwhelming desire of the Indian people to see Kasab hanged is understandable. What is not, however, is their indifference towards inaction by the state against those who helped Kasab succeed. I am referring to the policemen who ran away from CST, senior officers who for years did nothing to improve the capabilities of the police and NSG force and national leaders who did nothing after the parliament and other previous attacks on India. All of them helped Kasab succeed more than those who trained him. Hanging Kasab alone will as good as ensure we have another such incident pretty soon. In acting only against Kasab, we will behave as our own worst enemy.
This reminds me of something I read somewhere long ago. It seems that the culprit of the great train robbery ( England ) was being escorted by policemen to court. In the same area, Lord Balaclava ( the person who ordered the unprofessional 'charge of the light brigade' resulting in hundreds of needless deaths, but was romanticized by media ) was being garlanded. Seeing this the train robber sighed,'This is luck. I am being incarcerated for merely stealing some money. But the guy who caused a few hundred deaths is being honoured. Alas'.
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