Juvenile should not be free: Nirbhaya’s parents

With less than two days to go for the release of the juvenile convict in the December 16 gang-rape case, victim Nirbhaya’s parents expressed their fear on Sunday that he might be a “threat to society” and demanded that his mental condition be assessed before setting him free.

The convict, then aged under 18, is said to have inflicted maximum injury on the 23-year-old paramedical student, who died 13 days later, triggering a massive public outrage.

“We demand that he should not be allowed to walk free as he is a threat to the society. There is a need to assess his mental condition before releasing him, so that he does not attack some other girl, like he had killed our daughter,” the father of the victim said. The juvenile will be free on December 15.

Amid media reports that the juvenile has written to the Home Ministry that he should not be placed under a watch of an NGO after being released, the girl’s father said, “It will be as good as setting him free. He should not be released at all. If at all released, his face should be shown to the world.”