Rajasthan: In corruption cases following a controversy over the ACB’s order not to reveal the names of the accused until proven guilty, CM Ashok Gehlot said on Thursday That he is ready to publicly parade and shave criminals if he has his way. Defending in one breath the controversial order of the acting chief of Rajasthan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), he said, “If I could, I would shave the heads of rapists, gangsters and all such and parade them publicly.” Gets done.’

”No government restrictions on media on publishing identity of people”

He replied to a media query in Udaipur that although I will get the (ACB) order probed after reaching Jaipur, as per my information, it is as per an order of a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court. has been issued, which states that until the allegations are proved, the names of the accused should not be officially disclosed. He also confirmed that there is no government ban on the media from publishing the identity of those caught by the ACB.”

Judiciary does its work and we do ours; ACB order also in the same spirit: CM He further said that “Why did the Supreme Court order that an accused cannot be handcuffed? When an accused is paraded in handcuffs in the market place, the person feels guilty. But the handcuffing has been stopped. Now the policemen walk holding the hand of the accused. What is logic? If a rapist is paraded in the market, other rapists will be scared of committing such crimes. But the Supreme Court has put an end to all this (fear/crime) by banning the use of handcuffs.”

CM differentiates between the ACB order and a bill passed by the previous BJP government The CM drew a distinction between the ACB order and a bill passed by the previous BJP government, which barred the media from publishing the identity of those held in corruption cases. Along with this, Ashok Gehlot said that the bill passed during the tenure of Vasundhara Raje ji stopped the media from publishing such reports. His government eventually had to withdraw that bill. This order of ACB is not like that bill.

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Fri, Jan 6, 2023, 1: 33 PM IST