NRI to be extradited
to South Africa for trial
In the shrinking world
people are no more confined to their birth place or the country, and this has
facilitated criminal minded people to get away from their sins by going to
another country after committing the crime. There are systems made to apprehend
criminals in other countries too, but those are time consuming as well as
complicated. In this circumstance, the news of extradition of Shrien Dewani,
alleged master mind of the killing of his wife 28 years old Anni in November
last year.
Shrien is settled in
England and a successful businessman in the city of Bristol. He married Anni,
an engineer from Sweden. Just six months passed before the killing of Anni
happened by two unidentified gunmen in Cape Town, South Africa in their honeymoon
trip there. The trial of the case was done in South Africa, and one taxi
driver named Zola Tongo has been convicted and sentenced to a prison term of
18 years. Tongo has mentioned Shrien’s name as the main conspirator for the
murder of his wife Anni. Shrien paid him money to kill his wife that is what
he said to the authorities in the trial. This information has forced the
country to get Shrien in the country to face trial.
It is unusual that two
unidentified men confronted them while they were travelling in a taxi, and
did not do any harm to Shrien and killed only Anni. If the purpose was sexual
assault; the matter could have been understood, but nothing that sort was
reported.
In the extradition
hearing, the District Judge Howard Riddle of Belmarsh Magistrate’s Court has sanctioned
the extradition of Shrien although he is undergoing psychiatric treatment. On
humanitarian ground and health ground many culprits escape from the
punishments, which needs to be addressed differently from the present system.