• Thank you Indian Express for espousing the cause of Satyendra Dubey and of honesty. I write with the raw emotion of someone who’s lost a family member to just such a cause. I lost my father, the anchor of our family, in a case similar to Dubey’s.

My father, S.C. Rai, was DPM of Uttar Pradesh Bridge Corporation, Majhi Project, on NH-18, connecting eastern Uttar Pradesh to Bihar. It was a difficult project, with circumstances akin to those holding back the Gaya stretch of the Golden Quadrilateral.

My father was asked to clear bills for work that had not been done. There were threats from contractors, pressure from different quarters. My father reported the matter to his superior, the GM. Sometime later he was shot on a railway platform, in full public view, while boarding a train to visit us in Lucknow.

For our family, it was an enormous tragedy. My father left behind a handicapped daughter. With his death, she lost her will to live.

Had my father wanted to, he could have bought peace with the contractors. He paid for his principles with his life. As a son, I am proud of him. Thank you for fighting on behalf of such people.

Shakti Rai

• Indian Express has done an excellent job in highlighting Dubey’s murder. You have forced the establishment to act. Keep up the good work.

V. Suresh

• As economist Omkar Goswami has put it, ‘‘It is this total lack of swift and effective punishment that creates a hierarchy of corruption.’’ Let us bring this brilliant youth’s savage murderers to justice. Let us show that our country has sons up to this task.

If it is not possible for the government, let the economically-powerful IITians invest their money and intellect and influence on finding the criminals.

Anjan Goswami

• Everybody says, ‘‘The guilty should be punished.’’ But no one talks of who might be the beneficiaries of this killing. Who else but the contractor mafia?

Why don’t you publish the names of the contractors in the area Dubey was working in? They are the likely suspects.

Prem

• The central point raised by Dubey — organised, largescale corruption in the National Highway Authority — has been lost in the political dogfight. Is anybody attempting to clean it up?

D.K. Gupta

• I’ve read a lot about this case but can’t understand why you’re still publishing letters and articles on it. Those with whom the buck stops probably don’t even read newspapers. Laloo Yadav and Rabri Devi, the rulers of Bihar, seem to have time only for fodder scandals.

Devina

• I salute Dubey for his bravery. The philosophy of corruption is very difficult to understand. Corruption has vitiated Indian democracy. It has eaten into the social fabric.

What we need to do now is create an atmosphere conducive to the all-round development of an individual. Let the sacrifice of Satyendra Dubey inspire us.