MNS takes out morcha, demands death penalty for rapist

Thane, March 31: Hundreds of irate citizens from Thane under the banner of

’s Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (

) on March 30 took out a protest morcha to the office of the District Collector and Police commissioner to demand death sentence for the vendor who allegedly raped a three year old girl on Wednesday.

The police arrested the accused Mohan Chotu Singh, a local vendor who had allegedly wooed the kid under the pretext of giving her a chocolate, took her to an isolated locality and raped her.

The Shiv Sena activists had organised protests that day itself and targeted the carts of the vendors near the Thane Railway Station.

The MNS took out a morcha today and submitted memorandum to the District Collector and Police commissioner demanding death for the rapist and also sought the case to be conducted in a fast track court.

PTI