DCW chief on indefinite hunger strike against incidents of rape
   Date :04-Dec-2019
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 Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal sits on indefinite hunger strike against the Hyderabad rape-murder case and growing incidents of crime against women at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday. (PTI)
 
NEW DELHI :
 
Maliwal writes to Modi, demands that rapists be hanged within six months of their conviction  
 
DELHI Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal sat on an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday against the recent incidents of rape. Earlier, she had alleged that police had not given her permission to hold the protest. Maliwal also wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding that rapists be hanged within six months of their conviction and cited the recent incidents of the gangrape and murder of a Hyderabad veterinarian and the brutal rape of a six-year-old girl in Rajasthan. “My demand to PM is that we want capital punishment for rapists of minor and major victims.
 

DCW chief on indefinite h Students of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) stage a candle light in Hyderabad, (Above L) Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) members, wearing black bands, stage a protest in Lucknow, (Above R) Nurses participate in a candle march demanding safety for women in Patna to protest the gangrape and murder of a woman veterinary doctor in Hyderabad last week. (PTI)
 
The accused in Hyderabad case must be hanged. Last year, I sat on protest and within 10 days, the Government made a law that the rapists of minors will get capital punishment within six months, but this did not happen. “Now, I want PM to implement the law. I am demanding strict and swift punishment. We need to enhance the infrastructure for a better implementation of the law. In Delhi, there is a shortage of 66,000 police officers and 45 fast track courts,” Maliwal said. Burn accused alive in full public glare: Sena MP: AFTER members of Parliament Jaya Bachchan and Mimi Chakraborty advocated for the public lynching of the accused in the Telangana rape and murder case, Sena MP Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane has gone a step ahead and said that the accused should be burnt alive.
 
Police asks Maliwal to vacate Jantar Mantar premises
 
NEW DELHI :
 
POLICE on Tuesday requested Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal to vacate the Jantar Mantar premises, citing a standing order that prohibits protests at the venue after 5 PM. Maliwal sat on a hunger strike at the venue to protest against the recent rape incidents in country. She refused to listen to police’s request. Despite several requests from police on public address system to end her protest for the day, Maliwal and her supporters refused to budge. According to the standing order, protest at Jantar Mantar shall be organised between 10 am and 5 pm.