Jaipur8 minutes ago
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that after the Nirbhaya incident, since it was done that the rapist will get the death penalty, after that the murders of girls after the rape are increasing. If the rapist sees that tomorrow she will become a witness against me, he commits murder. Gehlot was interacting with the media in Delhi on Friday.
Gehlot said – There is a big challenge in the country. The reports that are coming from all over the country. He is very worrying. Anyway you see that unemployment is very terrible. There is an era of inflation. Anti-social elements are on the rise. Crime is increasing in the country and the state. Violence is increasing. There are fights over small things. Tension and violence are increasing. Somewhere, girls are being raped. Crime is increasing continuously. Which is a matter of great concern.
Every year 2000 girls are raped
Every year about 2000 girls are being raped in Rajasthan. From January 2020 to January 2022, 4091 (POCSO Act) cases of rape of minor girls have been registered. At the same time, a total of 11,368 cases of rape have been registered in two years. There are 26 such cases in two years, in which murder was done after rape.
The law of capital punishment was made in the BJP rule.
During the tenure of former CM Vasundhara Raje, a law was made to provide for capital punishment to those who rape a minor. CM Gehlot has given a statement of increasing cases of killing of girls after the provision of capital punishment for raping a minor, this has been raised by many leaders in the past too.
During the BJP rule, when a bill was brought in the assembly with the provision of capital punishment to those who raped minors. During the debate on that bill, many MLAs had expressed the apprehension of increasing cases of murder of rape victim girls.