Sometimes virtue assumes the form of sin, and sin assumes the form of virtue. It can never be possible that destruction of individuals can ever be a virtuous act.
अधर्मतां याति धर्मो यात्यधर्मश्च धर्मताम्। वधो नाम भवेद् धर्मो नैतद् भवितुमर्हति॥