Yavatmal (Maha), Jul 30 (DIN NEWS)<\/b> The central government will soon bring a bill proposing death penalty for the crime of lynching, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said here today.<\/p>\n
The proposed bill will be on the lines of a legislation seeking capital punishment to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years, he said.<\/p>\n
“Lynching is a barbaric crime and no civilised society can accept it. The Union government will soon bring a bill proposing death penalty for lynching.<\/p>\n
“The proposed bill will be on the lines of a legislation seeking death penalty to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years,” the minister told a delegation of the Nathjogi community who called on him here.<\/p>\n
The minister’s remarks came against the backdrop of a spate of incidents of mob violence over cow smuggling and child lifting being reported from various parts of the country.<\/p>\n
Five members of Nathjogi community, a Nomadic Tribe (NT), from Solapur district were allegedly lynched by a mob in Dhule district in north Maharashtra on suspicion of being “child lifters” earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Expressing grief over the incident, Ahir said the Centre and the Maharashtra government have taken the incident very seriously.<\/p>\n
The delegation told ministers that Nathjogi children are deprived of education despite the Right to Education (RTE) Act in force.<\/p>\n
They demanded facilities like housing, land for tilling, healthcare, employment for youths and security.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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