Last year ended without any politician or civil servant being arrested or charged for the innumerable cases of theft and malfeasance that were exposed and the new year starts with a more horrific tale of rape of a minor girl in UP. A member of the Legislative Assembly, MLA in UP belonging to the BSP party led by the dalit queen Ms Mayawati, a fellow called Purushottam Dwivedi, is alleged to have raped a 17 year old dalit girl. This is just a week after another another MLA of the BSP, Guddu Pandit was arrested on a charge of kidnapping. To compound the victim's misery Dwivedi's son Mayank got her arrested on a charge of stealing money and other articles from his father's house. The girls father is in hiding after receiving threats and the girl still languishes in jail where the police are pressuring her to withdraw her complaint. Apparently Ms Mayawati has sacked Dwivedi from the Assembly and asked the police and the CBI to investigate the rape allegation. Is there any use examining the girl for rape after more than 2 weeks have elapsed? It will not be possible to collect semen samples for corroboration and DNA matching. The CBI investigation into Rathore's torture of the girl he molested is still fresh in our minds so it would be stupid to expect anything to come of this case. Police forces are controlled by state governments and function as armed extensions of the party in power. It was the UP police which messed up the investigation into the Nithari killings so that there is no case against Pandher, the owner of the house. Finally, what does one say about a son who lies to protect a rapist father? Euthanasia before he becomes a politician for the safety of other girls in future?