New Delhi: On their daughter's third death anniversary, the parents of Jyoti Singh - the 23-year-old medical student who was brutally gangraped and tortured in a moving bus in 2012 - demanded death sentence for the four convicts.
"The rest of the four rapists should be hanged at the earliest. We have been battling for justice for three long years," Jyoti's father Badrinath Singh said.
He said they will launch a nation-wide agitation on January 29 if the convicts were not awarded death sentence.
Asha Devi, the mother of the victim, demanded that fast-track courts be set up at all courts to offer speedy justice to sexual assault victims and that the Nirbhaya Fund be utilised for setting up state-of-the-art forensic labs in all states.
Meanwhile, the victim's parents visited Gandhi Samadhi today in remembrance of their daughter.
Their 23-year-old daughter, a paramedical student, died on December 29, 2012, at a hospital in Singapore.
The death sentence to four of the six rapists has been stayed by Supreme Court following an appeal challenging the high court order upholding the same.
Of the six rapists, while one committed suicide, another convict, a juvenile at the time of the crime, was recently released after spending three years at a correctional home.
"The rest of the four rapists should be hanged at the earliest. We have been battling for justice for three long years," Jyoti's father Badrinath Singh said.
He said they will launch a nation-wide agitation on January 29 if the convicts were not awarded death sentence.
Meanwhile, the victim's parents visited Gandhi Samadhi today in remembrance of their daughter.
Advertisement
The death sentence to four of the six rapists has been stayed by Supreme Court following an appeal challenging the high court order upholding the same.
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
"We Are Still In 2012": Nirbhaya's Mother On 10 Years Of Daughter's Murder "Reminds Of Nirbhaya Case": Women's Panel Head On Delhi Woman's Gangrape "Fight For Justice Not Over," Say Parents On Nirbhaya Death Anniversary Vandalism At Kolkata Hospital Where Doctor Was Raped, Tear Gas Fired 150 mg Semen In Kolkata Doctor's Body, Suspect Gang-Rape: Parents To Court 2 French Rafale Jets Collide Mid-Air, Instructor, Pilot Missing "Soldiers, Farmers, Youth. I Salute Them All": PM Modi In Speech At Red Fort Trump Speaks With Netanyahu Over Gaza Truce And Hostage Deal: Report Indian-Origin Man Jailed For Helping Friend In Singapore Football Scam Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.