Do not politicize child-rapes

Given the plethora of child- rape cases coming up in the media in recent times, the Government has been forced to act. The ordinance providing death sentence to rapists of children has been introduced. Arguably the most heinous of crimes, rape of an innocent child is something so very sickening and an act any human being will find difficult to digest.

Then who are these rapists who go after children? They are not humans but sick beasts. Yes, I strongly believe this is a mental sickness which these rapists have which makes them act the way they do. When we read that many of these child rapists are close relatives, it strengthens my belief that they are mentally sick, suffer from some massive inferiority complex, not respected by their families or sexually frustrated and people who want to assert their strength and superiority (??) on someone weak.

I would think, the solution would lie in a fast Court which dispenses justice quickly followed by immediate castration of these rapists and then locking them away in mental asylums for life. Yes, in cases where they have killed the victim, indeed they should face capital punishment.

Having said that, any punishment is intended to act as a deterrent to crime and for this, two aspects are vital 1) Severity of the punishment 2) Certainty of the punishment . While focus is on (1), guess it is (2) which needs to be ensured.Given the fact that close relatives often commit these crimes, wonder if certainty of punishment would be ensured by the families.

This is a social issue, let us not politicise it. These crimes would have happened in the past too, at least now they are brought to the attention of the general public. Let us save the children of our nation.