Nirbhaya's parents appealed to the government to hang the convict.A day after one of the convicts of the December 16 gangrape in Delhi blamed the 23-year-old woman in an interview, her parents expressed anger saying that the comments were shameful. They appealed to the government to hang him.
"The comments are shameful and mockery of the law," victim's mother told PTI. She asked the authorities to take legal action against the convicted Mukesh Singh, the driver of the bus in which the paramedical student was brutally gangraped by six men on December 16, 2012.
The victim's mother said the crime against women is increasing because of the mindset that women should not go out at night.
"It is not a big thing for the accused to pass a statement like this. One who is jailed for such heinous crime can pass a statement on anybody. The situation of crime against women in the country is rising because of people opposing women to go out at night," she said.
Equally critical of Singh's remarks, the girl's father said, "We cannot punish anyone. If I had to punish then I would have given the same punishment they gave it to my daughter. But we have law which will decide his fate."
"This is just not about my daughter, with his statement he has raised question on our society. If he is not hanged then anyone can rape a woman, causing a threat to the future of the country. I will contact the government and appeal to it to hang him," he said.
In the controversial interview conducted by British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC), Singh said women who went out at night had only themselves to blame if they attracted the attention of gangs of male molesters.
"A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy," he had said. Singh added that had the girl and her friend not tried to fight back, the gang would not have inflicted the savage beating, which led to her death later.
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