As the 23-year-old who was gangraped in Delhi on Sunday battling for life, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is working overtime to come up with methods in order to prevent such crimes from taking place again.
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, he said that tinted glasses and curtains is going to be removed from buses.
“In the review meeting with the police officers and transport officers, it was decided that there shall be immediate crackdown on all vehicles with tinted glasses and impounded. All public transport vehicles will have keep the lights inside the vehicle on while on roads,” Shinde said.
Furthermore, the driver’s number and licence is going to be highlighted on the bus. In addition, all buses will have GPS installed in them for the police to track them.
“The Delhi Police shall undertake verification of drivers, staff of buses and if buses are operated by unverified staff they will face action,” Shinde added.
Meanwhile, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has called for a death sentence for the culprits in the case within a matter of month.
“This case should be held in a fast-track court and come to the decision to hang the guilty in 30 days,” she said.