In the poster, installed during an event arranged on Republic Day, the found guilty, Mukesh Singhs photo has been used as a model citizen alongside two others. The poster, published in Punjabi, translates to: “Colours of democracy; My vote is my self-respect; We know that every vote counts”.
The panel looked for “strictest action” in the matter and asked the EC to repair responsibility of the officers associated with the goof. “Instead of guaranteeing that the rape convict is provided capital punishment as bought by the Supreme Court, the government companies are glorifying his act! The convict whose photo has been shown on advertising boards by the Punjab Election Commission played a major role in the December 2012 gang rape of Nirbhaya,” checked out a press declaration released by Maliwal.
Punjab Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora said the government would find out who was behind the act, which he described a case of incorrect identity.
In the notification issued to the Punjab election panel, Maliwal explained the matter as one “of terrific shame” and “an effort to glorify a rape found guilty”.
By Express News Service
NEW DELHI/ PUNJAB: The Delhi Commission for Women on Monday provided a notification to Punjab Election Commission for utilizing the photograph of among the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape case in a promotion poster.
Punjab Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora said the government would learn who lagged the act, which he called a case of incorrect identity. “It might be a case of mistaken identity. Well soon discover who lagged it,” he said.
The posters became part of an election awareness drive in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. They were set up at the workplace complex of the district administration before the Lok Sabha surveys. The goof-up was discovered only a couple of days back by a visitor, who identified the male in the poster as the one who was in images extensively flowed in the wake of the horrific rape and murder on the night of December 16, 2012. The notice can be found in response to a complaint lodged by the victims mother with the commission.
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Previously on Monday, the victims mother met DCW chief Swati Maliwal, info her that a picture of a poster had gone viral in social networks displaying the picture of one of the convicts in the case on the main hoardings of Punjab State Election Commission. She then lodged a protest.
The posters were part of an election awareness drive in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. The convict whose photo has been displayed on advertising boards by the Punjab Election Commission played a major role in the December 2012 gang rape of Nirbhaya,” read a press statement released by Maliwal.
