Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal said sexual violence against women and children in the country had reached critical levels.
NEW DELHI (PTI) — Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over the increasing cases of sexual violence against women, and said she would go on a indefinite hunger strike at the Rajghat from Friday to protest the Unnao and Kathua rape incidents.
In her letter, she said sexual violence against women and children in the country had reached critical levels.
Ms Maliwal highlighted the rape of an eight-month-old girl in Delhi, the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir and the Unnao case.
She appealed to the prime minister to “think about these girls” during his fast today and work towards securing justice for them.
Ms Maliwal reiterated her demand that a system be created to “award death penalty to rapists of children within six months”.
