Fair and Speedier Justice for Soumya Viswanathan

To:  The Union Home Minister

Soumya Viswanathan, a Producer with news channel Headlines Today, was murdered in Delhi in the wee hours of Tuesday. Soumya was killed while driving from her Jhandewalan office to her Vasant Kunj residence. She would have been 26 in December.

The investigation has so far yielded nothing, only giving birth to a series of theories. No motive. No suspects. Nothing at all so far.

A promising young producer, Soumya was loved by her seniors and friends and revered by her juniors. Soumya was driving back home after completing an unusually long shift at work, having stayed back to help with her channel's coverage of the blasts in Gujarat and Maharashtra on September 29th 2008. The entire nation is attributing this case as another example of the lapsed system of security for women in India and the increasing crimes against them. Henceforth, we sincrely request you Sir, to explore all possibilities at your end for securing an effective, fair and speedier trial in the case, so as to prevent the miscarriage of justice, and to restore public faith in the state and its institutions.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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