Swati Maliwal continues hunger strike over women safety

Delhi | Thursday | 12th December, 2019

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A+ A-New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chief Swati Maliwal, whose hunger strike against rape incidents in the country entered its 10th day on Thursday, said that the government has not fulfilled her demands to punish the rape convicts. “Today is the 10th day of my hunger strike. However, our government can neither hear the cries of the women, nor can they see the agony of the women,” Maliwal told ANI. She further called the government ‘insensitive’, stating that her demands regarding women safety have not been fulfilled. On the same day, a rape victim succumbed to her injuries in New Delhi after she was set ablaze by four men, including the rape accused in Unnao on Thursday..