One correction please. The media hype was not created by the relatives. One can justify the relatives' actions. But, it was the media which hyped the whole issue so much that the Govt could do nothing better than what was done.
But, the issue is that these very critics are silent about Afzal Guru, so many terror attacks spread all over India (some of the places hitherto not thought of), release of terrorists for saving Rubbaiya Syed, etc.