The rape and murder of a Kolkata doctor has roused the collective consciousness of the entire nation. We need swifter and sterner laws to deal with rape.
Justice delayed is justice denied. The justice delivered last week after 32 years to the Ajmer rapists, is case in point. Nobody remembers the case in which over 100 school/college girls of a reputed Catholic institution were raped. This is what happens when justice is delayed
I also suggest that there should be a 3-digit emergency number to report a rape. On receiving a complaint the local police station must dispatch a PCR van to the complainant's residence. The FIR must be lodged at the complainant's residence and not at the police station.
All hearings of such cases must be held 'in camera' so that the victim does not suffer further humiliation.
