For a crafty scoundrel like Cadfan, who was already used to scheming and calculating, trying to accuse someone else of the crime to cover up his own actions was a very common trick to him.
The reason why he was issuing his condemning opinion about criminals like Zakir and offering a big reward was actually just because he wanted to divert the public’s attention to the greatest extent.
In Cadfan’s opinion, most people could be easily swayed, and they did not have any opinions of their own. They