Juvenile convict sent out of Delhi ahead of release

A day before his scheduled release, the juvenile convict in the December 16 gang rape case has been moved out of Delhi even as distraught parents of the victim were detained today after they held a protest against allowing him to walk free.
The convict, who is now 20 years old and was known to be the most brutal of the attackers, has been taken to an undisclosed location from a correction home in North Delhi amid concerns that there was threat to his life.
Sources said the juvenile has been kept under observation of an NGO under protection of Delhi Police.

The parents of the gangrape victim, along with 40 Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) students, were detained by the police after they staged a protest against release of the juvenile convict. The police action was condemned by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
"I am shocked to learn that Nirbhaya's parents have been detained. They shud immediately be released. Police action against Nirbhaya's parents is unacceptable. I have asked Chief Secretary to talk to Police Commissioner and get them released," Kejriwal tweeted.
When contacted, the father of the victim said that they had gathered for a peaceful demonstration near the correction home in Majnu Ka Tila against the release of the juvenile convict but the police detained them.

"Is there no justice in this country?," a distraught father of the victim said.

"Prime Minister travels the world over, but there is no law for women here. Everyone promises change but nothing has been done," the victim's mother said.
The convict was moved out a day after the High Court refused to stay his release.
The convict is likely to walk free from the undisclosed location tomorrow, in adherence to the existing legal provision, the sources added.
Delhi government has said it had submitted a rehabilitation plan for the juvenile convict.
The government said that as per the plan, a one-time financial grant of Rs 10,000 will be given to the youth and a sewing machine will be arranged for him so that he can rent a tailor shop.

The convict along with five others had gangraped and murdered the 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on December 16, 2012, an incident that shook the nation and led to protests in the country.
He was sentenced to three years in a reform home 'Place of Safety' in north Delhi's Magazine Road by Juvenile Justice Board, a punishment which drew criticism from several quarters saying it was not adequate and was disproportionate in view of the heinous crime he had committed.
There were also demands that he be tried in an adult court.