16 Dec gang rape victim’s family says still hope for justice

Though unhappy with the decision of the Juvenile Justice Board, family members of the 16 December gang rape victim have not lost all hope of getting justice for her and plan to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit. 

The father of the victim said that they have spoken to Sonia’s daughter Priyanka Vadra and will also try to meet Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. ‘The decision is unfortunate... We will talk to lawyers. We want him (juvenile accused) to be hanged. We hope that decision on the other four accused will also come within next 10-15 days and they will get capital punishment,’ father of the gangrape victim said.

After the decision of the Juvenile Board, they had talked to Priyanka over telephone and she had promised to give time for the meeting within 10 days, he said.

‘We will also try to meet Sonia Gandhi, Rahul ji, Sheila Dikshit and Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury to ensure that my daughter gets justice’, he said.

In the first conviction on Saturday in the 16 December gang rape case, the juvenile accused was found guilty of murder and rape of the 23-year-old girl and got a maximum of three years imprisonment mandated under the juvenile law.