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Actually, I hope this one draws a lot of international scrutiny.

Unfortunately, the way things work in India, there's way too much bureaucracy with these sort of things and a bunch of old people running the show who are very much resistant to change (not to mention the potential $$$). Unless the matter is really played up by the media (which in itself is another animal to be wary of), this would have gone through without a question. With the public outcry and the coverage of this arrest, there might be Public Litigations coming in which can atleast halt the process and get due diligence.



Shooting the messenger is still wildly popular in plenty of places.

Does India have whistleblower protection written in to law?

(that would not help Hari directly but it could help him in his defense to not reveal his source)


Now I'm not too familiar with the Indian Penal Code and Law in general, but there have been instances of whistleblowers being silenced in the past one way or another if the spotlight or public movement momentum is slow to follow. The chances of this happening are more in certain parts of the country like Bihar and UP etc.

It's unfortunate but the situation is slowly improving as time goes by and connectivity and access of information improves.


Incidentally, the whistleblower protection bill was passed barely a week ago: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article560731.ece

The place to lodge all such complaints is http://cvc.nic.in/lodgecomp.htm

I would'nt be surprised if this law was invoked during the legal defense.




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