There are certified shops to sell weed legally in India and they sell you only during a certain time in year and you can buy it only if you have a possession card provided to you. You need an authority possession card. If you don’t have the card, you’ll be arrested. So, the argument that since it’s allowed during Holi and all saadhus take it, well, this argument fails. You can be arrested for it if you are buying it without that card. And Mumbai isn’t one of the cities where you can purchase weed legally. It's a crime and you can get arrested.
Also, there is a process if you want to question a law. File a PIL. Here, we can argue all day what the Indian law should be about weed etc but once we all agree upon a law, we should also follow it...
In all this chaos, people are somehow forgetting, that Rhea has been arrested for something that’s illegal... it has always been illegal... it wasn’t made illegal just for her.
People who are questioning what this got to do with other crimes etc ....Well, smoking a joint probably won’t harm a bollywood celeb as much as it would to a school kid or unprivileged underaged children’s who’s being sold hard drugs mixed in their ice-creams outside their schools. It is a racket. And a pretty dangerous one.
People who questioning the NCB as to why it took them a 'Rhea Chakraborty' to uncover a drug racket - that's likely because MOST of the highly influential people are very efficient in covering up. They don't leave a stone unturned to make sure they get a clean chit. In this case however, there's a lead, and it's a strong lead. Maybe there's finally a chance that some top names might come out. What's wrong in that?
I absolutely condemn media trials. Media has behaved ridiculously and there should be consequences for media reporters who shove cameras and mics and come to conclusions without evidence. We as a country also need to definitely reflect how we treat a suspect or a guilty person. But not just because Rhea is a woman. EVEN if it was a guy in her place, he should be treated with humanity.
Having said that, I do not think there was an intention to crucify Rhea just because she's a woman. I don't think it's got to do with the gender at all. As a matter of fact, in this case, I think media pressure was necessary to an extent. And that's only because the Mumbai police (authorities) did a very shoddy job. I think everyone gave ENOUGH time and were almost ready to believe that sushant died by suicide due to depression. Media and public first raised fingers at the people like Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra, Rajeev Masand etc (all males) for the way they ousted SSR. It had NOTHING to do with gender.
Rhea ONLY came into picture when SSR's family filed a FIR. That's when we learnt about money laundering. ED got involved. There were suspicious details and investigation loopholes. Mumbai Police's behaviour was very suspicious. This raised scrutiny and that's why people probed for CBI. When CBI got involved, that's when they raided the water stone resort where rhea stayed with ssr and discovered there could be a drug angle. That's when NCB got involved.
I have been following this case very closely. And I do not think this is a deviation from the real issue. There are just more and more things getting revealed. Things are definitely not normal in this case and there’s a lot of smoke... I really wish the actual truth comes out and comes out soon. While I agree media has its limitations & flaws, the whole justice for Rhea narrative is also stupid and very hypocritical.
It’s upto the CBI. They must clean up system, they have a chance here. I also think the bollywood propaganda will keep getting bigger and bigger if they start getting closer to some big name stars.
Also, what in the world is this #blazeitforrhea hashtag trending? People are posting pictures with smoking up to show their support? This is wrong on so many levels. 😆
Edited by shalini1323 - 4 years ago
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