India, Sept. 12 -- The Satya Niketan building collapse demands accountability, but accountability cannot begin and end with identifying the officer occupying the chair when tragedy struck

When a building collapses and lives are lost, the first instinct is to find someone to blame. The more difficult - and far more important - task is to determine who was actually responsible.

The tragedy at a PG accommodation in Satya Niketan has rightly triggered public anger and demands for accountability. There can be no argument with the need for answers when human lives are lost. But accountability must follow facts, law and evidence. It cannot become a predetermined search for an individual to carry the burden of a failure that may have developed ...