As the country remembered the braveheart who was brutally gang-raped on 16 December exactly a year ago, the juvenile who escaped with lighter punishment after being convicted in the case spent the entire day watching reports flashed by the media on the incident.
‘Why are they (media) reminding me of that incident again and again. I want to forget that night,’ the youth, who is now 18 and fears that he will be killed once he is out of the correction home, told officials who interact with him.
While four others were awarded death penalty in the case by a trial court, he was convicted by the Juvenile Justice Board and remanded in three years at a special reform home in Majnu Ka Tilla.
The juvenile wants to move ahead and forget the fateful night. He has been kept in a separate quarter where he has a television all to himself and indoor games along with other basic amenities. He is not allowed to mix with other children, the officials said on Monday.
Though in the beginning, he had accepted the charge that he was involved in the gang rape, but now he denies his involvement.
‘Why are they (media) reminding me of that incident again and again. I want to forget that night,’ the youth, who is now 18 and fears that he will be killed once he is out of the correction home, told officials who interact with him.
While four others were awarded death penalty in the case by a trial court, he was convicted by the Juvenile Justice Board and remanded in three years at a special reform home in Majnu Ka Tilla.
The juvenile wants to move ahead and forget the fateful night. He has been kept in a separate quarter where he has a television all to himself and indoor games along with other basic amenities. He is not allowed to mix with other children, the officials said on Monday.
Though in the beginning, he had accepted the charge that he was involved in the gang rape, but now he denies his involvement.