Won’t end fast till law is implemented: DCW chief

NEW DELHI:

As the Centre proposed the death penalty for rapists of children younger than 12, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal, who went without food for the eighth day on Friday, said she won’t end her fast until the law comes into force. As a mark of protest against the rape incidents in Kathua and Unnao, 33-year-old Maliwal began her hunger strike last week at Rajghat demanding immediate implementation of a stringent law for convicted rapists. “Every day affidavits are submitted in courts by the government. Unless the law comes into enforcement, I won’t stop. The law has to be death penalty within six months to those convicted for raping minors,” she said. IANS