Those guilty of offences against women should be castrated: Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 25 (ANI): Amid the outrage over the alleged Badlapur sexual assault case, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar on Saturday said those guilty of offences against women should be “castrated.”

Speaking at a programme about the Mahayuti government’s flagship ‘Ladki Bahin’ scheme for women at Yavatmal in eastern Maharashtra, Pawar said that the BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP government in the state would not spare anyone accused of offences against women.

“Those who put hands on our girls, they should be shown the wrath of the law in such a way that they don’t even think about that for a second time. In my language, I would say that they should be castrated, so that there will be no repeat of the offence. This must be done to these people who are so useless,” Pawar said.

Meanwhile, the Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar, along with Maha Vikas Aghadi party leaders and workers donning black bands on their arms, staged a protest on Saturday in Pune against the Badlapur incident.

During the protest, Sharad Pawar said, “There is not a day in Maharashtra when there is no news of atrocities against women … The government should take this incident seriously. The government is saying that the opposition is doing politics, calling it politics shows how insensitive the government is.”

Earlier, the special investigation team (SIT) for Badlapur sexual assault against minors registered an FIR against the school authorities, for not complying with the provisions of section 19 of the POCSO Act which mandates that every authority when they come to know about any such kind of sexual assault against minors are obligated to report this to police authorities for further action.

The alleged sexual assault of two fourth-grade girls at a school in Maharashtra’s Badlapur has sparked outrage. On August 17, police arrested an attendant of the school for allegedly abusing the girls.