I personally favour gallows for rapists: Dikshit

December 21, 2012 22:26

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today termed the "horrific assault" on the 23-year-old girl as "most painful" incident for her since she assumed the top post in the capital and said she personally favoured death penalty for rapists.

She said she hated Delhi being called "rape capital" of India and stressed that "something concrete" must be done to instill confidence among women in the city against the growing fear of insecurity.

"Yes, personally I favour that (death penalty) for rapists. We must ensure stringent punishment for perpetrators of such henious crime so that it acts as a deterrent," Dikshit told mediapersons when asked whether she personally supported gallows for rape convicts.

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