Jaipur : Rajasthan Government has decided to enact strict laws to control incidents of mob lynching and honour killing, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Tuesday while replying to a debate in the state Assembly.
Showing concern over the rising incidents of mob lynching, the Chief Minister asserted that Congress-led government in the state will soon enact a law on the model of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to curb mob lynching incidents. As per some reports, the Congress-led Madhya Pradesh government has also planned a similar law to curb the menace.
Recently, Uttar Pradesh Law Commission had submitted a report to state Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath suggesting ways to curb the incidents of mob lynching in the state and recommended life imprisonment along with a heavy fine for the crime. The UP law commission has recommended that accused in mob lynching incidents be handed life imprisonment if the victim loses a life.
Referring to the recent incident where a newly-wed couple in Sirohi district was allegedly murdered over getting married, Gehlot opined that maybe families may not accept the inter-faith or inter-caste marriages of their children but "what right do they have to kill anybody?" ANI
