The Union government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi continues to be clueless on how to deal with the situation arising from the mass outrage of the youth of the country in the wake of the gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in the national capital, notes B Raman.
"I will personally on Friday, May 31 at 10 am will come before the SIT and will cooperate with the investigation and will respond to it (charges). I have faith in court and I am confident I will come out of false cases through court," Pajwal said in a video statement aired on Kannada TV channel Asianet Suvarna News.
If rape is categorised as a heinous offence to be treated on par with terrorism, this would lead to changes in the way we react and deal with it. B Raman examines
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According to a United Nation Women report, most of these 34 countries were developing nations including Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Laos, Mali, Senegal, Tajikistan and Botswana.
On the recent rape of a minor in a police outpost in Mumbai, Patil said it was an unfortunate incident.
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A teenaged mute girl also suffering from hearing loss was allegedly gangraped after being abducted in a village in Bihar's Kaimur district, police on Friday said.
Adding to the spree of crimes against women in Haryana, a minor Dalit girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped in Rohtak, while a mentally challenged woman was sexually assaulted in Jind district.
Calling the gang rape and murder of two girls in Badaun a "terrible" case and Uttar Pradesh government "insensitive", Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday said the Centre would set up rape crisis centres in all districts of the state by yearend.
Former Chief Justice of India J S Verma, who headed the government-appointed committee to frame a tough law to tackle crime against women in the wake of the December Delhi gang rape incident, died in New Delhi on Monday. He was 80.
Facing strong opposition from various political parties on lowering the age of consent for sex from 18 to 16 years, the government has agreed to stick to 18 years and also water down provisions on stalking and voyeurism in a bill which seeks to hand down stringent punishment for crimes against women.
A directive from the home ministry to the Delhi Police will bring several places in the national capital under CCTV surveillance.
In yet another incident of crime against women, a 24-year-old young girl was allegedly gang raped by four persons, including one known to her, in a west Delhi locality. Police has arrested all the accused.
