Parents of Nirbhaya, the paramedic student raped and murdered in 2012, today advocated death penalty for rapes and said though society had progressed, "our daughters are not safe".
The 23-year-old student was brutally gangraped on a moving bus in the national capital on December 16, 2012, and a fortnight later, on December 29, she succumbed in a Singapore hospital.
"I feel very sad that we have progressed as a society a lot, but still our daughters are not safe today. I demand rapists should be hanged," Nirbhaya's mother said at the venue of DCW chief Swati Maliwal's indefinite hunger strike that entered its second day today.
The strike by Maliwal comes in wake of the recent incidents of rape in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief continued her strike at Samta Sthal (Rajghat) demanding the government take concrete actions to curb sexual crimes against women.
"I am working with Swatiji for a long time and I support her 'anshan' (hunger strike) and all demands," Nirbhaya's mother said.
In a letter on Thursday to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maliwal had said, "Prime minister did fast for one day. We were hoping that he will speak something on the issue and will give assurance to the countrymen to ensure safety of our daughters. But the silence of the PM and the entire government is very heart breaking."
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