A shocking case from Delhi has once again triggered outrage over women’s safety in the national capital. A 30-year-old factory worker was allegedly abducted and gang-raped inside a private sleeper bus in northwest Delhi’s Rani Bagh area while returning home from work late at night. According to police, the woman was allegedly pulled inside the Bihar-registered sleeper bus near Saraswati Vihar before being sexually assaulted by the driver and conductor as the vehicle travelled toward Nangloi.

While speaking on Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita Bills 2023 in Lok Sabha, BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on December 20 supported the Bills and made a fiery speech in the Parliament. She also lambasted Congress and opposition leaders for opposing the Bills. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita bill seeks to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, which is the principal law on criminal offence in India. The new bill adds community service as a form of punishment. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023 seeks to replace the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC). The CrPC provides for the procedure for arrest, prosecution, and bail. The Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023 (BSB2) replaces the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.