The Delhi Government has “strongly recommended” to reject the mercy petition filed by one of the 2012 Nirbhaya murder case convicts, sources said on Sunday.
Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain has sent the file to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal with Arvind Kejriwal government’s recommendations in the case, they said.
It may be recalled that Nirbhaya a 23 year old para-medic student was ganged raped in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012
by six men including a juvenile. She later died in a Singapore hospital and the brutality inflicted upon her had the country on the edge.
Delhi witnessed never seen before protest at India Gate as people from all walks of life held a vigil to wake up the authorities.
Then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had formed a committee headed by former Chief Justice of India JS Verma that recommended several changes in the existing law regarding rape.
Parliament had passed Criminal Law Amendment (CLA) 2013 and the same was incorporated in the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
On Sunday, family members of the ‘rape survivors’ alomg with social workers marched from the Rail Bhawan to gate no-7 of the Parliament House, They all were carrying urns as a mark of protest as the rapists of Nirbhaya were still alive and demanded more measures for women safety.