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Woman judge to probe Delhi gang-rape case
Wednesday December 26, 2012 06:39:48 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
government Wednesday asked a retired Delhi High Court judge to
probe the gang-rape of a woman here and police lapses and suggest
ways to make the national capital safer for women.
"The steps are being taken with the serious intent to find a
lasting solution to the problem (of rape) that plagues all metros
and other towns of India... That it is happening in Delhi is a
matter of shame," Finance Minister P Chidambaram said after a
cabinet meeting.
"As a man, I feel ashamed," he said. "There is righteous
indignation among women... I recognise it."
Retired judge Usha Mehra is expected to submit her report in three
months.
"The inquiry will reconstruct the whole incident, identify lapses
on the part of police or any other authority and fix
responsibility for such lapses and negligence," said Chidambaram.
But he said it would be "inappropriate" to remove Delhi Police
chief Neeraj Kumar "at this stage" despite the widespread anger
over the Dec 16 gang-rape and the police crackdown on young
protesters including women.
"I think the commissioner has ... apologized for any lapses that
may have hurt any innocent person," the minister said.
He said the government was not fully geared to deal with a flash
mob.
The judicial panel would also suggest measures to improve the
security of women in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).
Chidambaram said the government was open to suggestions from women
over security measures.
The report would be placed before parliament with an action taken
report, he said.
Chidambaram also said that Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinder had
ordered an inquiry into the spat between Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit and the Delhi Police chief over the recording of the rape
victim's statement.
"I don't know what the truth is... The home minister told the
cabinet he has ordered an internal inquiry into the chief
minister's complaint."
The government appealed to people to observe restraint and
patience amid contradictory reports about the causes that led to
the death of a policeman following the violent protests Sunday.
"An investigation is underway. Everybody needs to be patient,"
cabinet minister Manish Tewari said.
While Delhi Police said that 47-year-old constable Subhash Chand
Tomar was beaten up near India Gate, the Ram Manohar Lohia
Hospital said Tomar had "no major external injury marks".
"He had already suffered a cardiac arrest and had almost no pulse.
We revived him and shifted him to ICU," hospital chief T.S. Sidhu
said.
Yogendra, a young man who claimed he saw the policeman fall, said
Tomar collapsed while chasing the protesters on a street leading
to India Gate.
"He wasn't assaulted or trampled," he told television news
channels. "He fell on his own while chasing the crowd. In fact
many protesters came to help him."
The policeman was cremated Tuesday with state honours.
Police arrested eight people Sunday night for the alleged attack
on Tomar but were granted bail the next day.
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