Better to be no one. Than hostile.

 Three days back, "A pit six meters long four meters wide and deep, dug by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on a service road in Janakpuri in West Delhi," resulted in the death of 25-year-old Kamal Dhayani, He was found next morning at the bottom of the pit, still wearing his helmet, with his motorcycle lying next to him. While, "Delhi Police officials said the bike could have fallen while trying to ride over the dug-up mounds of earth," "the DJB said that there was green mesh and safe barricading at the site." TIE. So, he must have committed suicide. Case closed. Many people saw the accident and the victim lying at the bottom of the pit but no one informed the police until a woman, Shivani, came on the scene. HT. It may be because most people feel that no one will be held responsible and they would be forced to turn into 'hostile witnesses'. "In India, in most cases involving the rich and the influential people or corrupt politicians, witnesses turn hostile, making the rule of law a mockery. Very often witnesses become untraceable. Sometimes they are just eliminated." Law Teacher. "While the sub-contractor, identified as Rajesh Kumar Prajapati, 47, was arrested...and booked for culpable homicide, the main contractor and the laborer, identified by his single name Yogesh, were absconding." HT. Delaying arrest gives time to contact influential friends, pay off key individuals and appoint a lawyer adept at seeking adjournments from polite judges. Criminal cases take and average of 5-20 years to resolve (jsrohilla.in) and this gives ample time for the accused to intimidate witnesses into turning hostile. In 2008, 13 year-old girl Aarushi Talwar and 45 year-old man Yam Prasad 'Hemraj' Benjade were murdered inside Aarushi's home, with doors locked from the inside, but no one was found responsible. wikipedia. In 2021, a 19 year-old lower caste woman was found in a field by her family "battered and bruised, barely conscious and naked from the waist downwards. Her spine was broken, she was bleeding and vomiting blood." "In her 'dying declaration', the 19-year-old told a magistrate that she had been gang raped and strangled and named four of her neighbors as the perpetrators." BBC. Three of the four men have been found innocent and one found guilty of a lesser charge. wikipedia. In 2006-07, bodies of 17 children were dug up in Nithari, a village in Uttar Pradesh. One Surinder Koli was found guilty of murder in 10 of the cases and his employer Maninder Singh Pandher was found guilty of two, Both were sentenced to death by Allahabad High Court in 2023. wikipedia. In 2025, the Supreme Court found both men not guilty. BBC. In India, people are murdered by no one. It follows, therefore, no one is responsible for children dying by drowning in manholes which have been left open. "The National Crimes Bureau (NCRB) reveals a sobering reality: In India, one person dies every 12 hours from falls into open pits and manholes, with a staggering 5393 such deaths recorded since 2015." Inventiva. If you see nothing and hear nothing you will have to say nothing, or else, you will face serious hostility from goons. Could be labeled 'hostile'. Or end up in a pit. Better to be one of the monkeys. And alive.