Will amend law to award death for raping minors: Maneka
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said the ministry will amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to award death penalty for raping minors. Presently, the maximum punishment for sexually assaulting a minor under the act is life imprisonment. This comes after an eight-year-old girl was gangraped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua.