The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday approved an ordinance on death penalty for those convicted of raping children below the age of 12.
The move seeking the death penalty for child rapists comes in the backdrop of nationwide outrage over the brutal rape of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, the alleged rape of a minor in Unnao by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, and rising anger over a spate of such incidents being reported over the past few weeks.
