Nation seethes in anger over Delhi gang rape

The anger of the entire nation over the Delhi gang rape has spilled on the streets. It is not only in Delhi but also in Patna, Lucknow, Kanpur and other cities the students have come out on the streets to protest Delhi Gang rape and demand capital punishment for the rapists. The rape victim 23 year old girl, a paramedic student, has been battling for life since last Sunday. Parliament, students and the general public have demanded capital punishment for rapists and the trial of the rape case by fast track court on daily basis. The Government is also demanding fast track court for the trial of rape cases. The worsening condition of the gang rape victim instantly angers not only Delhiites but all human beings over the inaction of Delhi police. It is correct that the Delhi police reached to rapists and took him into custody in shortest possible time but if the security arrangement by them in the area within which the crime was committed had been tightened, this unfortunate thing would not have occurred and the innocent girl would not have under gone the ordeal for no fault of hers. This heinous crime against the 23 year old paramedic girl has taken place in Delhi due to both systemic failures of governance, insensitivity in society and Delhi police. The rapists deserve to be hanged publicly without any wastage of time. It would have deterrent impact on other criminals in society and they would dare not commit rape out fear. It is surprising no action has yet been taken against any police officials under whose jurisdiction the gang rape has taken place. The anger of Delhiites over gang rape is genuine and justified. They have come out on the streets and even reached to the gate of Rashtrapati Bhavan to make the President aware of what is going on against the women on the streets in national capital Delhi. When the women are not safe in Delhi, what to talk of their condition in other cities and towns of the country? It is shameful that Delhi has become the most unsafe place for women. This is Bharat where women are considered as goddesses. We Indian worship Maa Durga, Kali, Lakshmi and Saraswati as goddesses. They are women. How in the given tradition rapes are committed against women and they are beaten brutally. It appears that the rapists are not human beings. They are animals. So, they must be treated as such. The way 23 year old girl was raped, brutally beaten and thrown out of the moving bus along with her boy friend naked by the roadside is a telling commentary on the degradation that has set in our society. How deep the degradation has set in our society can be felt in the ordeal of rape victim and her boy friend that were wreathing in pain in this wintry night by the roadside of Delhi but nobody cared to stop to help them and ask what happened to them. This has crossed all sense of sensitivity. Our society has also become insensitive. The need of the hour is to overhaul Delhi police and get all Police Stations cleared of all corrupt SHOs, Beat officers and constables. Had there been better policing by the police station in the area, this hair raising incident of gang rape would not have happened. There must be social awakening about crime against women, stricter laws, trial by fast track court, better policing with accountability. Delhi police needs to be made sensitive to the protection of women.