BJP Minister Gautam Gambhir Wants Delhi Acid Attackers Publicly Executed. But Capital Punishment Never Scared Them, Did It?
They weren't scared of the punishment.
Crimes against women have taken a turn for the unimaginable worse in the recent past. From murdering women and chopping their bodies up to family members raping minors, the heinous crimes against women send a chill down our spines. Just as we are recovering from sich horrible crime news, another one has come to light. Two men in Delhi’s Dwarka area threw acid at a 17-year-old schoolgirl. A video of the same has gone viral on social media as well.
Outrage has been pouring in from people on social media and there are conversations going around about how is acid so loosely available. BJP minister Gautam Gambhir also took to his Twitter handle to express shock over this acid attack and said that the perpetrators should be ‘publicly executed’.
Taking to the micro-blogging site, Gautam Gambhir wrote that words cannot do justice to the crime that has taken place. He also went on to call the acid attackers ‘animals’ and wrote that a fear of ‘immeasurable pain’ has to be instilled in them. Lastly, he also wrote that the boy who threw acid on the schoolgirl should be ‘publicly executed’ by the authorities.
Words can’t do any justice. We have to instil fear of immeasurable pain in these animals. Boy who threw acid at school girl in Dwarka needs to be publicly executed by authorities.
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) December 14, 2022
But Twitter users were irked with his tweet and, in turn, went on to comment that public execution is not allowed in our country. While Twitter users also went on to point out how is acid so easily available in markets.
Sorry Sir public execution is not allowed in India. But being a parliamentarian you should fight for public execution and also in such heinous crime the punishment should be given in hours and not years. So kindly fight for these issues.
— LALIT UPADHYAY (@LALITUPADHYAY01) December 14, 2022
Acid aise aasaani se market me bik hi kyu raha hai? Dusra jo aise crime krte hain unke liye sakht saza honi chahiye, hamare kanun me sakht saza 14 saal jail, kon darega aisi saza se.
— adi joshi (@saffronsoul88) December 14, 2022
Acid is being sold on bicycles in Delhi anyone can buy.
— ड़ा टेकवाणी ♏️79 श्रीगंगानगर वाले (@drtekwani) December 14, 2022
it is the worst thing that can happen to a girl justice should be deliver ASAP.
— Anonymous (@AnonymousGuy130) December 14, 2022
Let’s appeal for the capital punishment for all such cases.
None of our daughters/sisters have to go through this trauma.
They deserve better.— Shahab Jafri (@ShahabJafri55) December 14, 2022
Also read: DCW Issues Notice To Delhi Police Over Acid Attack On Schoolgirl: “Acid Is As Easily Available As Vegetables”
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal also took to his Twitter handle to condemn this act of crime. He wrote that this is absolutely unacceptable and also that how can they dare to commit this crime? He further wrote that criminals should get the strictest punishments.
ये बिल्कुल बर्दाश्त नहीं किया जा सकता। अपराधियों की इतनी हिम्मत आख़िर हो कैसे गई? अपराधियों को सख़्त से सख़्त सज़ा मिलनी चाहिए। दिल्ली में हर बेटी की सुरक्षा हमारे लिए महत्त्वपूर्ण है। https://t.co/zPpQXMJ5OY
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 14, 2022
But a point to note here is that capital punishment has never stopped criminals from committing the crime. Because there is no fear of punishment criminals feel bold enough to pursue such horrible crimes.
First Published: December 14, 2022 7:50 PM
