Yes. He should definitely be given a death sentence. Brought under a precondition that he would not be hanged would send a wrong message to the people of India. He has committed a heinous crime taking the lives of innocent people and interrupting the system. If there is anything more than this punishment, he would deserve it.
you guys are still writing,"if abu salem-----------, then should he be given death penalty?"
what kind of question is this, this man has killed thousands in india, even the indians are afraid to visit the place which was called heaven on earth and that very same man is involved in so many overseas terrorist acts.
there is no question in it that this guy should be hanged to death so that atleast one of the criminal minded people are gone.
moreover if he is kept in indian jails then one or the other minister will get him released and the story will repeat itself.
the time to act is now or we will never be able to connect with our very own kashmir.
Nation is above all including treaties promises and every compelling reason. This person is responsible for anti-indian activity and death peanlty is the only decision he deserve. If he gets anything less than this, it will be insult of hundreds who died of the ammunition he supplied in 1993 for bomb blast in Mumbai.
Yes. If the charges on Salem demand a death penalty, the sentence should be awarded.
But if we fail to take the Portugal Govt in to confidence, then in future, not only the Portugal but others may not extend any co-operation. In this case, Indian govt have to use its diplomatic skills to provide justice to all those people who have suffered losses from Salem.
I realize that the Indian Govt/CBI agreed to certain conditions to get that dirty man extradited, but consider the gravity and reflecting upon the heinous crime he was part of. In whose fair judgement, does he not deserve the harshest punishment possible.
Death sentence it should be.
Send a strong message to the Dawoods and Abu Salems of the world to not mess with India's cultural diversity.
It is ridiculous for Portugal to impose conditions for crimes committed on foreign soil. Are we going to obey and bow down to our erstwhile colonial masters? America sentenced Timothy McVeigh (Okhlahoma Bombings) to death for his terrorist acts. And rightly so.
If the law of land justifies the death penalty, then it absolutely HAS to be imposed. India is sovereign democratic republic, lets not forget that.
Does anyone even blink twice when oppresive middle-east Arab countries sentence innocents to death left, right and center?.. and that too for petty crimes sometimes? What about China? Will they keep quiet over such terrorist acts.
We have to get rid of this \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'soft state\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' image of ours and show that we really mean business.
I say Death to Salem and all those who conspired and commited these acts.
And as fat as Portugal is concerned, to hell with them. You cannot interfere in the judicial process of a Sovereign Democratic Republic. Period!
When India has given a promise in the case, it should NOT ask for capital punishment. This will destroy the credibility of our brave police and intelligence men. He should be sentenced to 25 years rigorous imprisonment, but should be confined NOT in a jail anywhere near mumbai. It is best to keep him in a remote jail in say TamilNadu. There should be an annual review of his jail, where a judge should certify personally that Salem is undergoing his sentence as per law. This is part A of his sentence.
Part B -- All the NGO's, lawyers and film stars who seem to support him slightly should be taken to task by our intelligence. They should be punished equally if NOT more for associating with a terrorist.
Dear Manmohan, I do not want a growth rate of 7%+, i want to see Salem sentenced first.
Agreements must be honored which in this case means no death penalty. But no one said he should not be life imprisonment without the possibility of parole and perhaps must be given solitary confinement. He is more danger being somewhere in France than under Indian prison control (assuming there are no corrupt officers there to help him escape).
