'13 people sentenced to death for minor rape in MP': CM Chouhan
'13 people sentenced to death for minor rape in MP': CM Chouhan
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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Aug 21 (NT): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday confirmed that a total of 13 culprits have been sentenced to capital punishment in links with the raping of minor girls in the state.
 Worth mention here Madhya Pradesh was the first state to proclaim a law to give death penalty to individuals accused in rape of minor girls. The law awards the death penalty to rapists of girls below the age of 12. It was unanimously passed in the state assembly in December last year.
Briefing the media here, CM Chouhan said that as per the provisions to penalise such culprits with the harshest of punishment, 13 people have till the date been sentenced to death.
 Chouhan also talked about steps taking by his government to curb these shameful activities of sexual molestation. He said, "On one hand, we are imparting lessons and inculcating the right values, and on the other hand, strict punishments, a culmination of the two will help us prevent such incidents from happening."
When asked to comment on the death penalty awarded to two culprits of Mansour gang rape earlier today, Chouhan said, "Today I can say that my heart is satisfied."
The two accused, Irfan and Asif, had abducted a seven-year-old girl from her school inHafiz colony in Mandsaur in June this year.

 

 

 

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