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Hang the convict: Family of December 16 rape victim
New Delhi, March 3
Demanding the "immediate"
hanging of the December 16, 2012 gang rape convict for justifying the
ghastly crime, the father of the victim blamed the "judicial system" and
said such remarks will embolden other rapists.
"The person who
can do such kind of disgusting act... can say anything. He should be
hanged immediately. I appeal to the court to hang him as soon as
possible," the victim's father said when asked about his reaction to the
BBC documentary "India's Daughter".
The documentary stirred a
controversy after some of the comments by one of the convicts Mukesh
Singh hit the headlines on Monday, much before the documentary is to be
aired on March 8, on International Women's Day.
The convict
openly blamed the victim and said a "girl is far more responsible for
rape than a boy" and that the victim should not "resist" when being
raped.
As the controversy over the interview raged, Delhi Police said it was moving court to stop its telecast.
Asked about the convict's comments, the victim's father said: "His statement will support other rapists and embolden them."
He also blamed the judicial system.
"It
is a message to the country. Such statement (by the convict) is
supporting people like him... and it is showing the fault of our
judicial system," he told Times Now channel.
He said if all the convicts were hanged, the others would not muster the courage to make such remarks about his daughter.
His wife also agreed with him.
"The convict should be hanged. It will be a lesson (for the others)," she added.
The
Supreme Court is hearing the appeal against the death sentence awarded
to the four men involved in the gruesome rape that shocked the country.
The
documentary is to be broadcast in India on International Women's Day on
NDTV 24X7 at 9 p.m., and simultaneously shown in countries like
Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and Canada. But with
police moving court against its telecast, a question marks hangs over
its telecast.