New Delhi: Amidst a raging debate on whether the juvenile convict in the Delhi gangrape case should have been released, the Centre on Saturday said it had opposed his release but the Delhi High Court has ordered him to be freed from the remand home.

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju also put the onus on the Delhi government on the convict’s rehabilitation. “In principle, the central government opposed the release of the juvenile offender at this stage for which we have presented our position before the honourable Delhi High Court,” he said.