Rohtak Gangrape: BJP Govt Failed to Curb Crime, Says Ex-Haryana CM
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits in the gangrape.
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Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda alleged that there is a complete breakdown of law and order in the state, and the BJP government has failed to put a check on the rising crime graph.
He demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits in the gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Rohtak and said such incidents, wherever those happen, shame humanity.
On 9 May, a woman was gangraped, murdered and her body was brutally mutilated. The incident came to light when the victim's body was found in an empty plot in the city’s IMT area.
Condemning the shocking incident, Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain has demanded that dedicated courts be set up in the country for speedy trial of cases involving sexual assaults on women.
The Haryana Minister who visited the family members assured them that strict action would be taken against the culprits.
Meanwhile, Haryana Inspector General of Police (IG) confirmed that two accused have been arrested in connection with the case.
"The remaining Rs 2 lakh will be given by the Red Cross," Sonipat Deputy Commissioner K Makrand Pandurang said.
The victim’s parents said the main accused Sumit had been pressurising her to marry him, but she had refused. Police officials alleged that Sumit planned the gangrape and murder to teach her a lesson. Her parents demanded capital punishment for the perpetrators.
The shocking incident came to light only days after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of four accused in the December 2012 Nirbhaya case.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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