Dara Singh, the man responsible for the brutal killing of Graham Staines and his two sons, Phillip- 11, and Timothy- 7, while they were asleep, inside their station wagon in Manoharpur village (Orissa) in January 1999, has been reprieved of his death sentence (May 19th 2005). Although Gladys Staines, the wife of Graham Staines, has publicly forgiven Singh, for the murders, I wonder can any our leaders of VHP, RSS and BJP do so if confronted with the same situation. On May 21, 2005 the body of Pastor K. Daniel from Kummarvadi was found with marks of acid attack. Few days later, the body of Pastor Isaac Raju was discovered wrapped in a jute bag behind bushes on June 2. After interrogating members of various militant Hindu groups in connection with the murder the police arrested Goverdhan, a member of Hindu Vahini (Hindu Army). According to news reports, Goverdhan and his accomplices, Satyanarayana and Ganesh, were emboldened to commit the murders after the Orissa High Court commuted the death sentence of Dara Singh to life imprisonment. Its interesting to know how our Law makers can handle such situations when their own verdict is driving many to do more severe crimes.
