Srinagar,Apr 12: Congress leader, Salman Nizami, on Wednesday demanded strict punishment and immediate hanging of the culprits involved in the heinous rape and murder of Asifa.
In a statement, Nizami said ‘When the Police have done their job, there is no point of case going to CBI. The accused should go to trial now and if found guilty should be hanged to death.”
“Just because the accused are Hindus does not mean that the Government is targeting a community. If they are innocent, it will be proven in court.”
He further said rape and murder of Asifa has the “footprints of fringe Hindutva group all over it”.
“Shameful that BJP ministers and lawyers are defended the delinquents.Cases of rapes have been increasing in the country. The accused getting arrested is a big achievement. Now that they have confessed their crime, they should be given strictest of the punishment. Immediate hearing should be done and they should be hanged,” Nizami said.
Blaming the BJP-PDP government in the state of complete “failure” in ensuring law and order, Nizamiallegedthat “few people in the ruling party are trying to communalise the issue by issuing unnecessary statements”.
He further demanded formulation of a stringent law, under which those found guilty of child rape and murder would be hanged within a month of committing the crime. “The way justice was meted out to the rape accused of 8 year old Zainab in Pakistan, should happen in India in Asifa’s case as well. Cases relating to rape carry on for years, with the accused getting no punishment for his crime,” Nizamisaid.
“An immediate decision to give justice to the rape victims is imperative. I demand the formulation of a law, which will fast-track the rape related cases and the accused, if proven guilty is hanged within a month of committing the crime.”
