Three items of news in the front page of newspapers yesterday. The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI arrested Suresh Kalmadi, the former chief of the Olympic Committee, for conspiracy in awarding a contract to a Swiss firm costing Rs 1.4 billion for the Commonwealth Games when it could have been done much cheaper. He is accused of personal gain from such contracts. Kanimozhi, daughter of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, has been charged with conspiracy and money laundering as director of Kalaignar TV. Strangely her mother who owns 60% of the company has not been charged because she speaks only Tamil. The CBI could not find one person in the whole of India who speaks both Tamil and English or Hindi. The 3rd news item is the even stranger case of murder of Aarushi. This 14 year old girl was found dead with her throat slit in her own bed. The local police blamed a male servant but he was later found dead on a terrace. The house was locked with only the parents inside. The local police messed up the evidence whether through incompetence or deliberately is not known. The father was accused of murder. The CBI was called in but came to no conclusion. They applied to the trial judge to close the case but the judge refused. Now the CBI claims to have proof of the father's guilt. Will Kalmadi and Kanimozhi be punished. Very unlikely. The CBI is controlled by politicians and has never managed a conviction. Even if convicted judges will allow the case to drag on for years and then they will be pardoned. Sukhram is still free after 30 years. The Congress has been at the root of all corruption in India. They are absolute masters.