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Victims demand right to select Special PP
After the Vakapalli rape victims urged the State government to give them right for selecting the special public prosecutor of their choice to fight their case in the special court in Visakhapatnam that handles cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Rights and Women’s organisations too seconded the tribal women demand terming it as ‘genuine and legal’ for attaining justice.
Visakhapatnam: After the Vakapalli rape victims urged the State government to give them right for selecting the special public prosecutor of their choice to fight their case in the special court in Visakhapatnam that handles cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Rights and Women’s organisations too seconded the tribal women demand terming it as ‘genuine and legal’ for attaining justice.
Third hearing of the case is scheduled on Tuesday at SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act special court in Visakhapatnam. At a time when the alleged gangrape case of 11 adivasi women by 21 Greyhounds personnel was completing 10 years, on September 1 this year, the Supreme Court ordered that the trial against 13 Greyhounds personnel be expedited and concluded in six months.
Addressing media at VJF Press Club in the city, representatives of Human Rights Forum (HRF), Virasam, Mahila Chetana, Progressive Organisation of Women (POW), Civil Liberties Committee (CLC) and Mahila Chaitanya Sabha reiterated their demand that the state’s Department of Law appoint advocates Palla Trinadha Rao as special public prosecutor and Jaha Aara as assistant public prosecutor in the case.
Presently, Palla Trinadha Rao from Rajamahendravaram is serving as a legal consultant for Tribal Welfare Department, Government of AP in relation to the implementation of Land Transfer Regulation 1 of 70 and PESA ACT in the scheduled areas. Jaha Aara is a practising advocate for 21 years in Visakhapatnam Bar Association.
HRF general secretary VS Krishna took strong objection to way the government authorities have been responding on the matter. “It seems the State government is deliberately sitting on the case without expediting it. Moreover, the authorities are aware of the Supreme Court’s direction to conclude the case within six months,” VS Krishna alleged noting that already four months have gone by since the order passed.
