In India when a politician, civil servant or a wealthy person commits a crime the ensuing events take the same course every time. The case is handed over to an investigating agency with great fanfare. If an officer actually makes any progress he is transferred, often with a promotion, as has happened in the Madhu Koda case where Ujjwal Chaudhary of the Income Tax Directorate has been transferred to Patna just as he was getting close to politicians with links to hawala criminals. This has been stopped for now by a Public Interest Appeal to the High Court. Often the investigating officers take years without any progress and the case is closed as in Bofors and Rathore cases. At other times the length of time taken for the investigation is used by the culprit to either bribe or threaten witnesses to change their testimonies as happened in the BMW case and the case against Bhagat. Unfortunately Ramalinga Raju of Satyam fame cannot be protected by these tried and tested methods because he made a full confession in public. However even though Bernie Madoff, who also confessed, is already serving a sentence of 150 years Raju is allowed to play badminton in jail while the investigation drags on. Even by Indian standards the non bailable warrant against Sajjan Kumar is a macabre joke. Mr. Kumar has been accused of orchestrating the massacre of sikhs after the shooting of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in 1984, yes 1984. He was on the Congress ticket for last year's elections but had to stand down because of an outcry. With Congress governments in both Delhi and the centre what hope is there that he will be found guilty. Stop the lies. At least save our money.