It was a long sleepless Saturday night, one of the many in the past three years, said Badrinath Singh speaking to The Hindu on Sunday morning as he finalised plans for another protest gathering "seeking justice for his daughter" at India Gate this afternoon.
After being released from Maurice Nagar police Station on Saturday evening, where they were detained by the police for participating in a protest demonstration outside the observation home against the release, the parents said: "Justice has not been done in this case."
"My wife and me were following news on the television, about the Delhi Commission for Women approaching the Supreme Court to file a special leave petition against the scheduled release, till about one today morning. After that I forced my wife to sleep. She is under a lot of stress and these past few days have been very tiring for us. She needs rest or she is most definitely going to fall ill," said Badrinath Singh.
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The parents said that they woke up early today.
"How can I sleep?" asks Asha Devi. "How can a mother bear the thought that one of the men who raped and killed her child will be free in a few hours from now... the Government is rehabilitating him? Is there a bigger irony? My child was sexually assaulted and killed because the law of the land isn’t acting as a deterrent yet."
The parents are to hold a protest at demanding that the juvenile, who has served his three year term in an observation home, in the case not be released.
"We are also demanding that the government should look at reducing the age of the juvenile and ensure that juveniles involved in heinous crimes be treated as adults," added Mr. Singh.
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