KTR welcomes police move for trial of gang rape suspects as adults
"If you are adult enough to commit a crime as heinous as rape, one must also be punished as an adult and not as a juvenile," KTR tweeted, tagging a media report on the same.
Hyderabad: Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, IT and Industries, K.Tarak Rama Rao has welcomed the move of the Telangana police to appeal before the Juvenile Board seeking exemption for trial of the juveniles apprehended in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case as adults.
“If you are adult enough to commit a crime as heinous as rape, one must also be punished as an adult and not as a juvenile,” KTR tweeted, tagging a media report on the same.
The Hyderabad City Police has decided to file an appeal before the Juvenile Justice Board seeking exemptions, five persons including four juveniles were allegedly involved in the gang-rape of a 17 year old girl in a car at Jubilee Hills on May 28.
The sixth juvenile was booked for outraging the modesty of the victim and other Sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. All the persons involved in the case have themselves shot on their mobile phones while committing the offence.
