Rape should be treated as more heinous than murder, says NCP leader Tariq

PATNA: Senior NCP leader and Union State Minister Tariq Anwar today said rape should be treated as even more a heinous crime than murder for which laws should have stringent punishment provision including execution.

Expressing anguish over gangrape of a girl in Delhi in a moving bus, Anwar told reporters that there should be amendment in the constitution and laws to prevent recurrence of such tragedy.

Anwar said strict legal provisions for rape in other countries should be studied to further strengthen out own law against this inhuman act.

"In case of murder a person dies but in the event of rape the victim dies every day going through the trauma...," the NCP General Secretary said.

Anwar was here to address a meeting of women wing of NCP. He favoured capital punishment for such a dastardly act. "If the existing laws need any amendment to make punishment against rape more stringent it should be done immediately," he added.

Asked if special session of Parliament should be called to discuss the issue, the NCP leader said the Central government was serious over the matter.

The government was also considering the move to hold talks with all the parties for finding a solution to the menace with swelling public anguish over the incident.

On a question about quota in promotion for SC & ST, Anwar said NCP supports it.