Three days after the attack, as protests demanding justice for the young women raged across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the three accused were killed in an ‘encounter’. Eleven years since the attack, she is certain that the ‘encounter’ of the perpetrators did not serve justice, she said. Did she think justice was done? When she first heard legal experts argue against death penalty for the accused in crimes against women, Pranitha admits she was furious. Now, Pranitha is sure that death penalty for the accused does not prolong public memory of the assault.

Source: Huffington Post December 06, 2019 04:03 UTC