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Law alone cannot prevent rape: Meira Kumar

Law alone cannot prevent such incidents and called for a change in attitude of people and society,says Kumar.

Expressing anguish over the rape of a five-year-old girl in the capital,Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today said law alone cannot prevent such incidents and called for a change in attitude of people and society.

“Law alone cannot,however,prevent such incidents. A change in the attitude of people and society only will check such in humane crimes against children and women,” Kumar said making a reference to the gang rape of a five-year-old by “senseless persons”.

The Lok Sabha condemned the barbaric incident and prayed for speedy recovery of the child. “Though,Parliament has recently passed a tougher legislation to prevent rapes,the evil has not abated and such incidents are still on the rise throughout the country,” Kumar said.

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