We love to discredit our politicians and institutions, whereas in other countries, they are protective of their own. In Scarlette%u2019s case, many far-fetched, almost ludicrous claims have been made, even on this page. I cannot help wondering about her mother%u2019s intentions. Her claims have a few parallels with the missing Madeleine McCann case. The child%u2019s parents had complaints%u2019 galore against the Portuguese police, despite their trying hard to find the girl. The parents, both doctors, regularly left three very small children on their own in a room in the holiday resort, to go for night out with friends. That being a resort, staff had access to the rooms and any person could flick the keys and get in. When the child disappeared, the parents accused the entire Portugal, were too loud and too judgemental. Today there is a flourishing fund, parents are treated as celebrities, they have their own spokesman, and the child is forgotten.
Scarlette%u2019s mother left her drug-addicted teen daughter alone in Goa for days. When she was raped and killed, the %u2018terribly surprised and grieved%u2019 mother went on an accusing spree. No doubt, the Goan police blundered initially; still it cannot justify the wild comments made against the entire system by Fiona and her highly vocal lawyer. It is a psychological truth that an individual becomes too loud, when there is something to hide. Both the cases are in the same mould. Portuguese and Indian police were intimidated
