Police should be given the power to encounter rape accused: BJP MLA

Fielding questions astir the October 4 gangrape, Mehta said, “The criminals bash not fearfulness the police… Several migrants person been caught successful the cases of gangrape of women. The constabulary should beryllium fixed a escaped manus to brushwood specified criminals, who are hardened and perpetrate specified offences… It volition service arsenic a deterrent to the others. There should beryllium nary quality astir this and radical should basal with the constabulary successful specified cases. The mode the transgression is being committed, it shows that determination is nary fearfulness of law… We cannot tolerate this (rape cases).”

Mehta, who had earlier demanded superior punishment for the accused of the Vadodara gangrape of the insignificant victim, said that being a typical of the constituency, helium was “answerable” to people. Notably, the spot wherever the alleged gangrape took spot falls successful Dabhoi constituency. Speaking to The Indian Express, Mehta said, “If determination was immoderate fearfulness successful the minds of criminals, would we person seen truthful galore cases successful Gujarat? Of these, Vadodara has witnessed a fewer cases. If the police’s hands are tied down, however tin determination beryllium fear? As representatives of the people, we person to perceive to what the wide nationalist says. The radical are highly angered by these crimes… I americium speaking aft gauging the sentiments of the people, which is that the accused successful rape cases should beryllium awarded the astir exemplary punishment.”

Mehta said that though the authorities authorities has fast-tracked cases specified arsenic the Dahod six-year-old’s execution and nabbed the accused successful the Vadodara gangrape wrong hours, “justice” should beryllium delivered successful “every way”. Mehta said, “The morale of the constabulary should beryllium strengthened; they should beryllium fixed a escaped manus to instrumentality action. This enactment should not beryllium challenged. If determination is an accused with a transgression mindset, who is simply a habitual offender and a menace to the society, wherefore should helium not beryllium (eliminated)? Fast-tracking cases volition marque a quality that the process is implicit and justness is delivered accelerated but determination has to beryllium a deterrent. Wherever justness tin beryllium granted, it should beryllium granted successful each imaginable way.”