Couple of days back an express train travelling at over 90 kmph hit the back of another standing at Sainthia station in West Bengal with such force that one of the carriages was catapulted on to an overhead walkway. More than 60 people died. The runaway train had made a perfect if unscheduled stop at the previous station only some 8 km before. The experienced driver and his assistant were found dead sitting in their respective positions and had made no attempt to slow the train down or apply brakes. The train is said to have been going at 90 kmph on a 30 kmph stretch and had jumped several red signals. One theory is that both drivers had been drugged at at the previous station, the throttle had been opened fully and the assailants jumped out as the train started to gather momentum. Criminals would not carry out such an act of wanton destruction with no gain. Naxals usually blow up tracks leading to derailment. The railway minister hints at political sabotage. So could politicians carry out mass murder to win the state elections? The frightening fact is that it is entirely possible. Indian politicians exceed the mafia, drug cartels and corrupt businessmen in criminality. Winning an election, even at state level, gives control of trillions of rupees and the power to use it for personal pleasure. Whereas all other criminals are viewed as enemies of society and have to stay in fear of the police politicians actually control the police and hence are completely above the law as case after case has proved. Even if one is caught redhanded it takes years for the case to get to court and by the time the case is heard evidence has disappeared, witnesses have been threatened into silence and investigators have been transferred or have retired. Sajjan Kumar, Pappu Yadav, Reddy brothers, different gangs but brothers in crime. The entire Indian state is a criminal enterprise. Incredible India.