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Last moment of Two Murderers

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NK SINGH This is a study in contrast, of two murderers who were hanged in the Rajipur Central Jail, Madhya Pradesh, recently. Both of them had been convicted of killing their spouses. 38-year-old Pyarelal, sent to gallows on May 1, was every inch a hardened criminal and remained unrepentant till his last breath. While undergoing trial for killing his wife in 1964, he murdered two fellow prisoners inside the jail following an alteration of a personal nature. Both were fast asleep when their heads were crushed by a heavy boulder and an iron bar. Ultimately, Pyarelal was sentenced to death for the triple murder. 28-year-old Budhram was hanged on June 18 for murdering his wife Man Kunwar, 25, and uncle, Bagarsai, 27, when he found them in a compromising position. The murder, obviously committed in a rage, gave him such a psychosomatic shock that he lost his power of speech and hearing, which he regained only when told that he had been sentenced to death. Change At Last Budhram had turned h...
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I didn’t let Anderson go : Arjun Singh

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Congress leader breaks silence on Bhopal gas tragedy, points finger at Delhi


HT EXCLUSIVE BY NK SINGH


BHOPAL: Breaking his silence the first time on the roiling controversy of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson’s release from Bhopal, Arjun Singh said he had “no locus standi on the matter. He spoke exclusively to Hindustan Times on the phone.

When asked if he wanted to clear the controversy, Singh told HT, “I have no locus standi on this issue,” virtually lobbing the controversial ball back into then-central government’s court. 

 The Congress has reacted sharply to then-foreign secretary M.K. Rasgotra’s comment that the Rajiv Gandhi government had promised “safe passage”  to Anderson.

The 79-year old veteran Congressman refused to elaborate further.

 He however indicated his autobiography, which is in the works, will have details “Naturally,” is all he said when asked whether the Bhopal tragedy and the Anderson saga would form part of the book.

Ever since the Bhopal verdict came on June 7, there has been a deluge of reports in the media on the circumstances under which Anderson –who was placed under house arrest in Bhopal – left the country.

 While congress leaders and former high-ranking officials have offered their versions of the events of the days following the gas leak, the man at the centre of it  -- Arjun Singh has refused to speak.

 According to then deputy chief ofmission at the US Embassy, Gordon Streeb, when Anderson was arrested in Bhopal he (Streeb) “immediately contacted the foreign ministry and was assured the government of India will honour its commitment to provide Anderson safe passage in and out of India.”

 Then foreign secretary Rasgotra has claimed Anderson was given “safe passage” on the advice of then-home minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and cabinet secretary C.R. Krishna swamy Rao.

American secret service CIA’s East Asia brief dated December 8, 1984, declassified in January 2002, indicates the Rajiv Gandhi government had hastened the release of Anderson from house arrest and blames the MP government for the arrest.

Hindustan Times, 19 June 2010



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