Bollywood condemns rape of five-year-old girl
INDIA: Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan and
Shabana Azmi have expressed shock and anger over the brutal rape of a
five-year-old girl in the national capital.
Calling the incident "atrocious and ghastly", Bachchan, 70, said he
was left numb by the crime against the child, who is currently being
treated at AIIMS in Delhi.
"The horror of the latest crime of rape and then attempt to kill a
5-year-old little girl, leaves me numb and without voice! These evil
beings are not fit to be called animals... Even animals have certain
codes of conduct!," Bachchan wrote on his blog.
Bachchan said that such criminals should be handed over to the
general public.
"Jails are not the solution... Keeping them bound and confined shall
not change them or their thinking... They need to be made examples of.
"They need to be shamed first publicly and then left to the public to
deal them justice in which ever way they seem fit!!... We all are living
in insecure times, where the fear of authority and the call of
discipline and awareness is non existent," he said.
Protests erupted in the capital today demanding justice for the child
and punishment for policemen who showed their insensitivity in dealing
with the case. The capital is still recovering from the shocking
gangrape incident of December 16 that resulted in nationwide protests.
Shilpa Shetty: "Disgusted with the Delhi cop who slapped that girl
who protested! What is our country coming to. When will this apathy end!
Time to wake up.
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