The Haryana government would enact a law to provide for capital punishment for those found guilty of raping girls aged…
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The Haryana government would enact a law to provide for capital punishment for those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or below.
It would also make a request for setting up fast-track courts for dealing with rape cases to ensure speedy justice to the victims.
This was disclosed by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, while addressing people after laying the foundation stone of a new sugar mill in Karnal on Saturday.
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Expressing anguish and concern over the recent incidents of rape in the state, the CM said though the police were dealing with such cases as required under the law, it had been decided to make a provision of harsher punishment for rape. The law would be enacted soon to hang those convicted of raping a girl aged 12 or younger, he said.
Khattar exhorted the media not to sensationalise matters by publishing reports on rape incidents without verifying acts. Elaborating the point, he said figures for last year revealed that 25 per cent rape complaints registered at police stations were found to be fake.
Earlier, complainants had to face a tough time in getting an FIR registered even after repeated requests. But today not even a single person could claim non-registration of FIR in any case by the police, he said.
Relatives and near and dear ones of the victim have been found to be involved in about 75 per cent rape cases, the CM said. Besides the police, it is also the responsibility of society to come forward and generate awareness among the people against such kind of mentality.
He assured the people that the police are working actively to solve the recent cases of rape in the state and those involved in the Faridabad rape case have already been arrested by the police.
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