Sonia Gandhi meets rape victim's family in Haryana

  • 12 years ago
Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday visited the family of a Dalit girl who burned herself to death after being gangraped in Haryana's Jind district. Sonia Gandhi assured the victim's family that the culprits won't go unpunished. "I strongly condemn this horrifying act and the guilty should get stringent punishment. Asking about her comments on recent diktat by the Khap Panchayats in Haryana that the children should be married early, Sonia Gandhi said "We have democratic systems here. We have a judiciary. The law is in the hands of the judiciary and nobody else".

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