With a series of rape incidents, including those of minors, rocking the state recently, Haryana Government would enact a law to provide for capital punishment for those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or below, Chief Minister Manohar Lal said in Karnal on Saturday.
Besides, it would make a request for setting up of fast-track courts for dealing with rape cases to ensure speedy justice to the victims.
Addressing people after laying the foundation stone of a new sugar Mill in Karnal, Manohar Lal expressed his deep anguish and concern over the recent incidents of rape in the State. He said though the police were dealing with such cases as required under the law, it had been decided to make provision of harsher punishment for rape. Law would be enacted soon to hang those convicted of raping a girl aged 12 or younger.
The Chief Minister exhorted the media not to create sensation by publishing reports on rape incidents without verifying facts. Elaborating the point, he said figures for last year revealed that 25 per cent rape complaints registered at police stations were found to be fake. Earlier, complainants had to face a tough time in getting an FIR registered even after repeated requests. But today not even a single person could claim non-registration of FIR in any case by the police.
Usually, relatives and near and dear ones of the victim have been found to be involved in about 75 per cent rape cases. Besides the police, it is also the responsibility of the society to come forward and generate awareness among the people against such kind of mentality, he said.
Manohar Lal assured the people that the police are working actively to solve the recent cases of rape in the state and those involved in Faridabad rape case have already been arrested by the police.
ONLINE TRANSFER POLICY IN ALL DEPTTS
Speaking in a function in Jind, Manohar Lal said Haryana would implement online transfer policy on the pattern of the Education Department in all departments of the state government.
He said in the first phase, online transfer policy would be launched in about 16 departments by April 1.
The CM said advertisements for 50,000 vacant posts lying in Government departments have been released and exams for 35,000 posts have been conducted, and soon the Haryana Staff Selection Commission would announce the results. The state government has so far carried out recruitment to fill 13,000 posts, he added.
To recruit capable candidates on government posts, interviews for Group C and D posts have been stopped. The main aim of making recruitment on merit basis is to end corruption and provide good governance to people. If a capable candidate is recruited, the aim of such recruitment would be fulfilled. This would also help in providing benefit of government schemes and services to people easily, the Chief Minister added.
Manohar Lal said the BJP Government had been working for the welfare of all sections of the society without any bias. The Government is also making equitable development of all regions so that no region or section of the society remains backward.
He said the maximum number of development projects announced by him had been completed. In district Jind, many development projects worth about Rs 200 crore have been completed and work on those projects foundation stone of which has been laid lately, would begin soon.
CM FAVOURS EARLY EXECUTION OF SYL
Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of a new cooperative sugar mill in Karnal, Manohar Lal said that the state government would urge the Central Government for early execution of the Supreme Court order on the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal so that Haryana could get its rightful share in river waters.
Since the matter now rests with the Central Government, the state government would request for early execution of the decision. “I am sure the farmers and people of the state will get their due share of water through SYL Canal”, he added.