MP duo gets death for child's rape, 13th this year for sex crime

  • | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

What's more, this is the 15th death penalty in the state in 2018, and the 13th for sexual offences, including child rape. Nothing short of the death sentence is enough in cases like this. The crime had shocked the country and sparked violent protests.Eight persons have now been sentenced to death for child rape since the new law came into effect in MP in April this year. "Six death sentences in a month is a record. Taking into account the death sentence awarded for the rape and murder of a married woman on August 16, it makes for six sentences of capital punishment this month alone.

Accused slit her throat after assault INDORE: A sessions court sentenced two convicts on Tuesday to death by hanging for the torture and rape of a child in Mandsaur in June. The crime had shocked the country and sparked violent protests.Eight persons have now been sentenced to death for child rape since the new law came into effect in MP in April this year. What's more, this is the 15th death penalty in the state in 2018, and the 13th for sexual offences, including child rape. Taking into account the death sentence awarded for the rape and murder of a married woman on August 16, it makes for six sentences of capital punishment this month alone. "Six death sentences in a month is a record. The credit for this success goes to the prosecution and police," said Rajendra Kumar , director general of public prosecution.Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan , who kept pushing for the death-for-child-rape law, welcomed the verdict, saying: "There is no place for such monsters in our society. Nothing short of the death sentence is enough in cases like this."Special judge (Pocso) Nisha Gupta awarded the sentence to convicts Asif and Irrfan, who had kidnapped the girl from her school on June 26, taken her to a deserted place near Qila Road and raped and tortured her. They slit her throat and left her to die, but she survived long enough to be taken to hospital. She underwent multiple surgeries to repair her torn intestines and the near-fatal cut in her throat.Police nabbed Irrfan the next day after identifying him from CCTV footage, and Asif on June 29. Prodded by the CM, police conducted the probe at a frenetic pace and amassed forensic proof, 95 documents and 50 articles as evidence. The statements of 35 witnesses were recorded in court. “I am thankful that criminals have been sentenced to death,” the CM tweeted.

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