Thanagaazi rape case: Victim's family demands death penalty for convicts

JAIPUR: A day after a special court awarded life sentence to four persons convicted in the Thanagaazi gang-rape case and sent the fifth accused, who made the rape video go viral on social media, to five years' rigorous imprisonment, the family members of the victim expressed their dissatisfaction over the verdict and demanded death penalty for the convicts.

Speaking to the media here, the victim's father, mother-in-law and brother-in-law said that the convicts should be hanged to death so that such heinous crimes are not repeated.

"We will appeal in the Supreme Court against the decision of the special court and demand death penalty for the convicts," they said in unison. While pronouncing the verdict on Tuesday, special court judge Brijesh Kumar had compared the crime to Drapudi's 'cheerharan', saying the heinous act has shamed humanity.

The Thanagaazi gang-rape in Rajasthan was first reported on April 26, 2019 and it grabbed nationwide attention as the accused had raped the woman in front of her husband, filmed the act and made the video viral on social media.

A case was registered after the video went viral on May 2, six days after the crime. When the couple had earlier gone to lodge an FIR, the police had reportedly sent them back citing the busy schedule of the police due to the LokSabha polls. (IANS)

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