Was Sunanda Pushkar’s death India’s greatest unsolved mystery or the biggest and boldest cover-up in the history of the country? A woman who allegedly confided in media heavyweights like Nalini Singh and Rahul Kanwal mere hours before her death, reportedly gearing up to expose the murky dealings of the Indian Premier League (IPL), conveniently turned up dead the next day. But, of course, why would anyone want to look deeper into such a coincidence?
Lalit Modi, in a recent interview with Raj Shamani, slyly referenced the infamous “10 Janpath.” The mention of this address raises eyebrows. Could it really be that the incumbent of this powerful address managed not just to deflect attention but allegedly threaten agencies as far-reaching as the FBI? but who dares question the clout of “10 JP”? After all, the saying goes, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” but in this case, it seems that fire can be conveniently extinguished with a quiet hush.
And then we had a bizarre twist: the only headline that really made news at the time was a casual election rally remark by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat. The media, in their infinite wisdom, decided to turn their attention to hounding him like a pack of rabid wolves, completely sidelining the real issue—a woman found mysteriously dead under deeply suspicious circumstances. Perhaps the investigation was too inconvenient? Or was it because probing deeper might have led to, dare we say, “10 JP”? Let’s not forget, Sunanda wasn’t just a socialite; she was on the verge of something explosive. Her alleged plans to go public with IPL’s dirty secrets—and possibly other skeletons lurking in elite closets—were silenced. And not subtly, mind you. The so-called custodians of truth conveniently lost their appetite for justice and accountability. A murder mystery of this scale—dubbed the “mystery of the century”—simply faded away.
The Conclusion :
Why aren’t our agencies reopening this Pandora’s box? Is the shadow of 10 Janpath still so towering that it can bury even the most blatant suspicions? If the FBI could really be “managed” to bury the case, as insinuated, what does that say about the power dynamics at play? Or perhaps we’re expected to believe that it was all just a coincidence—a “natural” death that just happened to occur at the most inconvenient time for some and the most convenient time for others. Justice, it seems, is a game of convenience in this country. And this particular game was won before it even began. But hey, why dig up skeletons when you can bury them deeper, right?
