NEW DELHI: A Pune-based entrepreneur and activist Tehseen Poonawalla on Monday urged the National Commission for Women (NCW) to act against spiritual guru Asaram Bapu for blaming the 23-year-old gang-rape victim for the crime and derogatory remarks about women in general.
In a letter to the NCW, Poonawalla asked the body to move court or register a police complaint against the godman for his statements.
Asaram's remarks amount to "gross violation of legal, constitutional and fundamental rights and the right to dignity" of the gang-rape victim brutalized by six men in Delhi, Poonawalla said.
His comments on women in general violate various provisions of the law, including Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act and Section 505 (2) of the IPC as they "falsely and unjustifiably stereotype and portray women to be manipulators and conspirators against men and attempts to create an ill-will and enmity between men and women", said Poonawalla.
Section 505 (2) of the IPC deals with sstatements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes and prescribes punishment of upto three years in jail.
Poonawalla also asked the NCW to issue an advisory to state governments and media to deny Asaram Bapu platform to propagate his "vitriolic beliefs and opinions".
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