Mumbai gangrape: Outrage resonates in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Aug 24: The outrage over the Mumbai gangrape of a young photojournalist resonated in Lok Sabha on Saturday with members voicing concern that such incidents continue despite laws being made stringent, a view shared by the government.
As
members
from
various
parties
expressed
anguish,
Parliamentary
Affairs
Minister
Kamal
Nath
said
a
report
has
been
sought
from
the
state
government
on
the
incident
and
Home
Minister
Sushilkumar
Shinde
will
make
a
statement
in
the
House
on
Monday.
Nath
said
despite
stringent
laws,
such
crimes
continued
to
take
place.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Gopinath Munde (BJP) said the Centre should seek a report from the state government and a statement should be made in the House as law and order situation in Maharashtra was bad. Members from treasury benches objected to his remarks.
Munde said besides the gangrape, there have been several cases of crime against women in the state which have remained unsolved so far.
He said no money has been sanctioned so far for the proposed Rs 1000-crore Nirbhaya fund announced by the Centre a few months ago.
When Sougata Roy (TMC) raised the gangrape issue, some Congress members were heard saying that he should be worried about similar cases taking place in his party-ruled West Bengal.
He
said
the
accused
in
all
cases
of
crime
against
women
have
been
arrested
by
the
West
Bengal
police.
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PTI