Cannot provide security to everyone: Goa BJP's women chief
Panaji, June 2: Commenting on the increasing number of rape cases and the gang rape of a 20-year-old girl by three tourists on a beach in Goa last month, BJP's state women wing President Sulakshana Sawant on Saturday said the government cannot provide security to every individual.
"We need to change the mentality of the people. We cannot provide security to every individual. But an individual can act as a protector of the other," Sawant said.
The rape of a 20-year-old woman at South Goa's Betalbatim beach on May 25 by three tourists has triggered a debate about the safety of women in the coastal state, which attracts more than six lakh tourists every year.
Sawant said more rape cases are being registered now because more women were coming forward to report such crimes.
"Only few rape cases were reported earlier, but now many women are coming forward and reporting cases as they believe something might change it," she said.
Sawant added that the women's wing of the BJP in the state will request the Tourism Department to install CCTVs on beach stretches which are aloof in order to prevent untoward incidents.
"We will tell the Tourism Department to install CCTVs at the beaches which are aloof and prone to crimes. But when something happens, one has to be proactive to act against it," Sawant said.
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Rape accused's mother murdered by victim's brother in MP's Shivpuri
Shivpuri (PTI): The 60-year-old mother of a rape accused was killed allegedly by the victim's brother in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police official said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Friday, Rannod police station house officer (SHO) Arvind Chauhan said.
"An anganwadi worker returning from a hospital was offered a lift by one Inder Gurjar, who took her to a secluded spot and raped her. She called up her brothers to narrate the ordeal. One brother of the victim along with two associates went to Gurjar's house and assaulted him. When Gurjar's mother Sirkunwarbai (60) intervened, she was attacked with a sharp weapon. She died on the spot," he said.
Based on a complaint filed by the deceased woman's daughter-in-law, three persons were booked for murder. One of them was held on Saturday, the official added.
A separate case has also been registered against Gurjar for rape, he said.
Police personnel have been deployed in the area in view of tension following the incident, the official added.
