The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, strongly criticized the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu governments for their handling of the Rajkumar hostage crisis. The court, however, did not announce a final verdict on whether the 51 TADA detainees can be released in exchange for Rajkumar's freedom. The bench said one factor which cannot escape anybody's attention is that acceding to the demands of Veerappan may release the film star, but day after tomorrow another will be abducted and the same drama will be enacted. The court has asked both the governments to submit detailed records of all the meetings that took place between the two chief ministers before they agreed to release 51 associates of the bandit. Bureau Report