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Justice Minister Anisul Haque said steps have been taken to amend the law and make the death penalty the maximum punishment for rape. Yesterday he told the media that the law would be amended to establish the death penalty for rapists. This proposal is made on the instructions of the Prime Minister. The proposal will be addressed at the cabinet meeting on October 12.
One rape after another is happening across the country. The latest video of a naked and tortured woman in a Begumganj Eklashpur Union village in Noakhali has gone viral on social media, prompting calls from various quarters for the death penalty for rape. The movement is happening all over the country. A general assembly has been called at the Shahbagh facility on Friday. In this context, the government took the initiative to modify the law.
If convicted of rape, the maximum penalty is life imprisonment.
Under article 37 of the Penal Code, the maximum penalty for rape is life imprisonment. Article 9 of the Prevention of Abuse of Women and Children Act 2000 also mentions life imprisonment as the maximum punishment for rape. However, the law provides for the death penalty for rape. However, in India, Iran, China, Greece, Russia and other Asian and European countries, there are provisions on the death penalty for beheading, beheading and public execution for rape.
Defender Rashida Chowdhury sent legal notice to Nilu Sarkar on behalf of BCL Law Secretary Mohammad Fuad Hossain on Tuesday seeking maximum punishment for the rapist.
The Secretary General of the Awami League and the Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, Obaidul Quader, also supported the demand for the death penalty for rape. He said on a show on October 8: ‘They don’t benefit from small punishments. The claim of the Supreme Court that has arisen, I think it is not far-fetched. All political and social organizations must present themselves with an uncompromising attitude against these criminals.
Meanwhile, the correspondent for Kaliakair (Gazipur) said that during the preparatory meeting for the holding of the puja in Kaliakair Upazila Parishad yesterday afternoon, the Minister of Liberation War Affairs AQM Mozammel Haque said that in the past, no there was a provision for the death penalty in the rape law. The new law will establish the death penalty for rapists.
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