[IAC++] Rape discussion closed.

Dear IAC list members,

Sub:  Recent incidents of rape in Delhi

The IAC Core Committee has carefully considered each member's expressed views, and even the views of the numerous members which could not be circulated due to restrictions on number of emails per day we permit.

Accordingly, the IAC has resolved as under:-

1) That the existing criminal laws are more than sufficient to curb and control offences like rape.

2) That no amount of preventive policing or stringent laws or education can eliminate crimes such as these in a democratic country with wide social disparities like India

3) The IAC denounces all those ignorant and naive persons (especially the youth who are being misguided) proposing the death penalty (or other physical tortures) for rapists.

4) That what is required is swift apprehension of offenders, thorough scientific investigation and prosecution by the police coupled with speedy trial and conviction by the judiciary to restore the confidence of the citizens in their State and Governments.

5) That in the instant rape cases, the concerned public servant whose failure resulted in the rape of the victims and is hence accountable, is Shri Tejindra Khanna - Lieut Governor of Delhi, who constitutes the GoNCTD and is also the Administrator of the Union Territory of Delhi u/a 239AA of the Constitution of India charged with maintaining Law and Order and Policing for the Territory. IAC therefore resolves that Mr. Khanna be called upon to own moral responsibility for such shameful incidents and to resign voluntarily within 48 hours.
A communication to this effect is being sent to Mr. Tejindra Khanna tomorrow on behalf of the IAC's general body calling upon him to resign.

The discussion is therefore closed and will be archived on the IAC website.

Sarbajit
National Convenor, IAC