Kolkata:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, beneath huge stress from the Opposition because the rape-murder of a younger physician in Kolkata — has declared that she would change the legal guidelines within the state to make demise penalty necessary for rape. There ought to solely be one punishment for rape — hanging, hanging, hanging,” she mentioned amid whoops of approval at a gathering immediately.
At the moment the rape legal guidelines have a provision for demise penalty, together with jail time period. It’s the prerogative of the choose to resolve on the severity of punishment as soon as an offender is convicted.
Ms Banerjee, whose authorities has been beneath assault over a number of points surrounding the rape-murder, mentioned her social gathering and authorities had demanded demise penalty in an earlier case as nicely, however that not work. The criminals got jail time period.
“We now have needed demise penalty for Kamduni rape case additionally. However it didn’t occur. They bought launched. I’ve information – it’s already 10 years and they need to be launched now,” the Chief Minister mentioned. “Why ought to they be launched? Why ought to a assassin be launched? Why ought to a rapist be launched? Why ought to an attacker, a torturer, be launched?” she mentioned.