There are two dimension of this case. Part 1: Based on the evidence if Abu Salem is proved guilty by court then nothing less than death penalty can be settled with him. Part 2: Based on the hard earned reputation India was able to extradite Salem from Portugal on condition of not awarding capital punishment. I think India should respect it and imprisonment for whole life should be given. Does it mean that a clean chit to Abu Salem and may be sometime later some corrupted system might even allow him to escape. I think India has now come over ages and there are other ways out of the book to deal with this case. So diplomacy should must be respected and at the same time national pride should be dealt out of book. JAI HIND
