December 16 gangrape: Maneka to talk to Rajnath on juvenile’s release

Union women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi on Monday said she will speak to Union home minister Rajnath Singh over the release of the juvenile convicted in December 16 gangrape case following reports that he may be put up with an NGO once set free later in December.

“We have no information about it. We will speak to the home minister tomorrow (about) what they intend to do,” she said after releasing a handbook on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace. She said the ministry had requested the law ministry to enact a law to monitor sex offenders, but has not yet received any reply.

Ms Gandhi, in a letter written to law minister Sadananda Gowda, had requested that the police should keep a track of the movements of such convicts post-release for which a law should be enacted.

In cases where the accused are convicted for committing heinous crimes, the orders of the court may also include mandatory requirement of registration of the accused in local police station so that the police can monitor their activities and keep a track of their movements, Ms Gandhi had said.