Rape-murder of student in Mumbai: NCP delegation meets DGP, demands security at women's hostels

The Nationalist Congress Party NCP on Thursday demanded that female police officials regularly visit womens hostels across Maharashtra to ensure that security measures are in place on those premisesAn NCP delegation submitted a memorandum with demands over womens safety to Director General of Police DGP Rajnish Seth a day after the rape and murder of an 18yearold girl in a Mumbai hostel came to lightAccording to the police a laundry man who worked as a security guard raped and strangled the girl to death inside her room on the fourth floor of the hostel in South Mumbai Later the guard died by coming in front of a local trainAfter submitting the memorandum NCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said if such a shocking crime can be committed in a city like Mumbai it is unimaginable what the situation might be in rural Maharashtra with regard to womens safetyHe said female police officials must regularly visit government semigovernment and private womens hostels to review security measures and gather confidential information about the male staff on the premises as well as road Romeos in the areaThe victims father and one of her friends have told the police that the guard who hailed from Uttar Pradesh used to harass her The girls father has also blamed the hostel administration for not taking proper measures an official said on WednesdayThe hostel inmates and the male employees there should also be counselled regularly over security issues Tapase said stressing that detailed information about the staffers who belong to other states must be compiledSimilarly the Shakti Act brought by the Maha Vikas Aghadi government should be implemented and its provisions be made known to all stakeholders he saidThe Shakti Act aims at curbing heinous crimes against women and children in Maharashtra and it has provisions for strict punishment including the death penalty life sentence and heavy fines apart from speedy trialsThe Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Ajit Pawar who also belongs to the NCP on Wednesday visited the Marine Drive police station where the case is registered and consoled the girls family membersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever