Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday described the rape and murder of a woman in Mumbai’s Saki Naka as “harm to humanity” and promised an accelerated trial in the case.
“The trial in the case is being speeded up and justice will be done to the victim who died today from his injuries,” Thackeray said. He claimed that the perpetrator would be severely punished.
A 32 year old woman living in Mumbai’s Saki Naka. was raped Area died while receiving treatment at the Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar on Saturday. The crime occurred in the early hours of Friday morning on Khairani Road. The defendant first raped the woman and then inserted a stick into her private parts, leaving her in critical condition.
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Thackeray holds meetings with Mumbai police
In a meeting with senior police officers on Saturday, the Prime Minister instructed the troops to prepare for a trial by appointing special prosecutors to deal with the case from Sunday.
CM Thackeray directed the police to file the indictment within one month and all forensic and electronic evidence of the incident, as well as the evidence of the witnesses, should be properly presented to the court.
The Prime Minister asked the police to step up regular patrols in crowded areas to avoid such incidents in the future. “Patrols should be stepped up by creating hotspots in cities where women could be attacked or their safety could be compromised,” he said.
He also directed the formation of female Nirbhaya squads at each police station, and such hotspots should be visited by them from time to time.
With the help of NGOs, homeless and lonely women should be taken to safer places on the streets and the police should be careful there too, he said.
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He also instructed that suspected perpetrators of sexual assault against women and persons with similar backgrounds be given strict attention.
He stressed the importance of CCTV and ordered that the installation of the second phase cameras in other key locations in the city should begin immediately.
BJP calls for the death penalty, rejects MVA Govt
The Bharatiya Janata party unit in Maharashtra called for the death penalty for the defendants involved in the Saki Naka rape case and also proposed the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, led by Shiv Sena, over women’s safety issues.
The opposition leader in the state legislature, Devendra Fadnavis, said: “The case of the rape of the Saki Naka woman should be tried in an emergency tribunal so that the defendant will be punished at the earliest. The Prime Minister of Maharashtra (Uddhav Thackeray) should meet with the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and request that the trial of this case be brought to an express court. “
“I know that the verdict is in the hands of the judiciary. But I think the perpetrator of the rape of Saki Naka should be hanged, ”he said.
Speaking to reporters, the opposition leader on the state legislative council, Pravin Darekar, blamed the state government for the incident.
“The responsibility for this incident rests entirely with the state government because there is no longer any respect for the law (for criminals). It is terrible to know the kind of pain she went through. I am deeply saddened by her death. … I cannot describe my feelings in words. Not only is it embarrassing, but it also made me angry. The state has to do something, ”he said.
“If the BJP said anything, it could be said that we are politicizing the issue of crimes against women, but the number of such incidents is self-explanatory. In some cases, underage girls have been raped, but the state government doesn’t seem serious, “he said.
Darekar said, “When I got to the Rajawadi Hospital to see the situation, I saw Congress leader Naseem Khan and his party staff there. I was shocked to see Congress officials raise slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the hospital premises.
“The BJP is accused of politicizing the incident, but it is Congress that is indulging in such a practice,” he said.
BJP State Vice President Chitra Wagh called for a new law modeled on the SC / ST Atrocities Act to be drafted to prevent perpetrators involved in atrocities against women from being easily released on bail.
It appears that the Sakinata rape case is just a number for the MVA government, Wagh claimed.
(With entries from PTI)
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