BJP MLA lashes out at Chhangur Baba, demands harsh punishment

BJP MLA from Mhow near Indore, Usha Thakur, strongly condemned the recently arrested Chhangur Baba, stating that the genitals of such offenders must be chopped off, and their hands and legs amputated.

Speaking to some media persons after a function in Indore, the Hindu hardliner MLA also said that if such people claim that they do not follow the Indian Constitution but believe in the ‘Shariat’, then their punishment must also be in accordance with the ‘Sharia law’.

Advertisement

“Chhangur Baba has been arrested recently. Such demons must be punished severely, and their genitals and limbs should be chopped off,” Usha Thakur said.

“These people say that they do not follow the Indian Constitution, but abide by the Shariat. So, they must be punished in the strictest way laid down in the Sharia law,” she maintained.

Usha Thakur, a former Minister of Culture in the previous BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, also stressed that the punishment must be so harsh that it deters others too from thinking of committing such crimes.

The Uttar Pradesh ATS arrested Jalauddin alias Chhangur Baba, his aide Nasreen alias Neetu, and two others on 5 July, on the basis of an FIR that alleges that the group operated as an organised gang, and targeted Hindu women and forced them to convert to Islam by luring them with money, false promises of marriage, and threats.