The arrest of Shah Rukh Khan’s son highlights India's social anxieties

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Aryan Khan’s arrest is yet another instance of how India’s judiciary, tasked with upholding the rule of law, is increasingly floundering in the face of the changed circumstances Opinion | Rubenbanerjee

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Indian jails are grossly overcrowded with the ill-kempt facilities packed with nearly half a million prisoners, an overwhelming majority of whom are held in custody. But it is the plight of one particular person in custody that has average Indians extremely agitated these days.

Ever since Narendra Modi led his right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party to power, first in 2014 and then resoundingly again in 2019, the world’s biggest democracy with 1.3 billion people has become more polarised. Last year, they triggered a media frenzy by arresting starlet Rhea Chakraborty for allegedly procuring a minuscule quantity of marijuana for her actor-boyfriend, whose death by suicide created a furore. A year later, no visible progress has been made, and Chakraborty remains in limbo. Though freed from jail where she spent a month, she has neither been acquitted nor convicted. Meantime, her dreams of making a career in films crashed even before it took off.

But more than anything else, what has alarmed a sizable section of Indians is that many of the agencies of the state are showing signs of having gone rogue, doing whatever they wish and currying favours of those in power. That even the fame and wealth of Khans have failed to protect them has had a chilling effect. Though the abuse and over-reach by state agencies have not been only a recent phenomenon – they happened even before Modi became the prime minister – the case involving Aryan has reinforced fears that none is safe in an environment where majoritarianism reigns.

Buttressing the charges against them are some ludicrous claims. An activist has been deemed communally divisive for beginning a speech with the Islamic salutation – Assalamu Alaykum . A journalist is in prison on the suspicion of being dangerous for primarily writing on Muslim affairs.

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Rubenbanerjee Especially after Sail & gosavi revelations/allegations, no doubt court system is also under question.

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