CANACONA
Mahila Congress leaders have demanded quick conviction and stringent punishment to the rapists of the six-year-old girl from Canacona.
Led by Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee President Adv Pratima Coutinho, six other mahila leaders on Monday evening visited the family of the rape victim and later also met Canacona Police Inspector Rajendra Prabhudessai at the Canacona police station.
The victim girl is presently lodged at the Apna Ghar, Merces, while the three alleged rapists of the girl are presently in police custody until May 2.
Pratima demanded strict action against the culprits and stated that Mahila Congress has taken up the issue and will see to it that justice is done to the child at all costs. She blamed the residential complex owner in which the three accused raped the victim girl.
She said it is for the police and the government in particular to send a strong message by meting out stringent punishment to the rapists so that no one dares to repeat such a heinous crimes.
