Asha Devi, the mother of a young woman who was brutally gangraped on a cold winter night in 2012 that sent shockwaves across the nation leading to the enactment of the Nirbhaya Act, on Sunday said Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s remarks against the law to hang rape accused was painful and embarassing.
Asha Devi said Gehlot’s comment reflected the chief minister's “mentality of supporting culprits”.
Triggering a latest controversy, Gehlot has said that incidents of post-rape murders have increased after the Nirbhaya law was enacted.
Asha Devi said girls were murdered even before the then Congress-led UPA government brought the provision to hang the rape accused.