New Delhi:
Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao (“KTR”) today hit back at “foolish trolls” who claimed to have done nothing in a recent rape case in Hyderabad after KTR criticized the release of 11 rape and murder convicts in the Bilkis Bano case in Gujarat.
The accused in the Hyderabad case were “quickly arrested and sent to jail,” he tweeted. “After 45 days, the Supreme Court had released them on bail… loopholes in the Juvenile Justice Act, IPC and CrPC have led to the rapists being released on bail” in the Jubilee Hills case, he added.
“That is why I demand that these acts be changed so that no rapist gets bail and, if convicted, remains in prison to death,” he added, setting his stance in the Bilkis Bano case. forth.
The loopholes in the Juvenile Justice Act, IPC & CrPC led to the rapists being released on bail in JH’s rape case
That is why I demand that these laws be changed so that no rapist gets bail and if he is sentenced to death stays in prison
Life imprisonment in the truest sense of the word
— KTR (@KTRTRS) August 19, 2022
He had previously criticized the release of 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for Ms Bano’s gangrape and the murder of seven of her relatives during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
“This is a blot on our nation’s collective conscience,” KTR had tweeted, responding specifically to the convicts being welcomed with candy and flower garlands.
“What happened to Bilkis Bano today could happen to anyone tomorrow,” he wrote.
The Gujarat government has said the convicts – in prison since their 2008 conviction – were released under a remission policy only after the Supreme Court asked the state to rule on a plea from one of them.
This is a stain on the collective conscience of our nation
Rapists are wreathed and treated as war heroes or freedom fighters!!!
Remember what happened to #BilkisBano today can happen to any of us tomorrow
Speak India ???????? pic.twitter.com/KwvU4vufMe
— KTR (@KTRTRS) August 18, 2022
As for the rape of a 17-year-old in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills about two months ago, five of the six accused are under the age of 18, meaning relatively less strict laws apply to them. They got bail last month.
Saduddin Malik, the one who is not a minor, was granted bail in early August after 61 days in prison. His lawyer had argued that Malik was entitled to bail because the police investigation was over and the charges had been filed.