Imphal, November 11: The failure State Home department has resulted in the sharp increase in cases crime against women and children in the State, alleged Thounaojam Shyamkumar of the Trinamool Congress.
Speaking at a press meet at his official quarter this morning, he said that the State is facing an alarming increase in incidents of crime against women and children. Abduction of minor girls before raping and murdering them is not new to the State anymore.
He further said that if the Home Department had taken appropriate and timely actions, rewarding befitted punishment to the accused persons, these crimes would have been checked in the State.
The failure in delivering justice by the Home department has encouraged such crimes against women and children, he charged.
He said had the Home Department should have exercised full responsibility and charge sheeted the accused rapists and thereafter delivered befitted punishments to them. He also recommended shifting these cases to the fast track court under appropriate provisions of the Indian Penal Code, IPC.
He alleged that though number of cases of rape have been filed not a single one has been rewarded exemplary punishment.
Besides placing rape and murder cases before fast track court, he also recommended a new emphasis on moral education in schools so that the new generation of student have a more said balanced outlook on these matters.
He also charged political hands behind many of these crimes, which he explains is the reason behind these crimes therefore they remain unresolved. The MLA from the Andro AC said he had personally taken up many of these cases on the floor of Assembly several times. However, till date there has only been negative responds from the current government, he added.
If the State government continues to fail to listen to the voice of an MLA in the Assembly there will come a time that all in the opposition are forced to resign from he said.
Trinamool Congress will submit a written complaint to the Union Home Minister as a last resort to fight the crime against women as the State government is looking the other way, he said.