The infamous double murder that shook entire nation of India is yet again a prime example of incompetence and social projection. Investigators have been dillying and dallying from day one which has finally culminated in a scenario where the parents of the 13 year old victim, Aarushi Talwar, have been convicted of the crime way before the court has pronounced verdict.
Tehelka has put out a poignant piece on the progress of this sensational murder case. Most important section of that article is the following paragraph:
These 'aides' refer to friends of Hemraj, the second victim, and domestic help to the Talwars, whose dead body was found lying on the terrace. These aides were domestic help to a neighbour and another was employed by a friend of the Talwars. They were familiar with murder scene environment.
As the second CBI team took over, they let their incompetence shine forth by letting the leads of this investigation implicating these aides to go cold. Instead they resorted to convenient conjecture implicating the parents. This is the part where social projection comes into the picture. These investigating inspectors and judges presiding over this case begin to project certain evil characteristcs upon the parents. This happens because the suspects and the invigilators belong to different sections of the society in most cases, as elsewhere in India. They begin to imagine the suspects to be of heinous capability, while downplaying incompetence on their own part.
Tehelka has put out a poignant piece on the progress of this sensational murder case. Most important section of that article is the following paragraph:
The aides, on the other hand, particularly Krishna and Rajkumar, showed deception in their lie detector tests. Even more crucially, their narco tests pointed to their involvement in the crime. They admitted to their presence in the house that night, described the sequence of the crime, the murder weapon, and how Aarushi and Hemraj’s phones were disposed of. Arun Kumar, the head of the CBI team investigating the murder, held a press conference on 11 July 2008, sharing cautious details of these tests with the media.
These 'aides' refer to friends of Hemraj, the second victim, and domestic help to the Talwars, whose dead body was found lying on the terrace. These aides were domestic help to a neighbour and another was employed by a friend of the Talwars. They were familiar with murder scene environment.
As the second CBI team took over, they let their incompetence shine forth by letting the leads of this investigation implicating these aides to go cold. Instead they resorted to convenient conjecture implicating the parents. This is the part where social projection comes into the picture. These investigating inspectors and judges presiding over this case begin to project certain evil characteristcs upon the parents. This happens because the suspects and the invigilators belong to different sections of the society in most cases, as elsewhere in India. They begin to imagine the suspects to be of heinous capability, while downplaying incompetence on their own part.
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