Death by committees

Death by thousand committees
Naeem MohaiemenIn the end, this is what it takes to create an inquest. When a case of torture and murder involves an Adivasi activist it needs two months of sustained national outrage, a petition signed by hundreds, and many alert notices from groups like Human Rights Watch to finally push the government to appoint a one-person committee to probe Choles Ritchil's death. How much headway the investigator can make, with limited resources and mandate, in investigating a volatile case, is still hazy..........