Expressing concern over the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Lonavala, Ramdas Athawale (RPI-A) expressed anguish over rapes of girls aged 3-7 years and said a law should be made under which the hands and legs of perpetrators of such crimes should be broken.
"Hands and legs of the males who commit rapes should be broken. A law for this should be enacted in this House," Athawale said.
The Rajya Sabha MP also suggested that physical relationship between a man and woman should happen with consent and not force, seeking strong action against rapists.
As Athawale's remarks evoked a laughter in the House, the MP said that he was raising a very serious issue of atrocities against women.
The Lonavala victim had gone to the hotel along with her family members to attend a wedding function. She later went missing and her body with slit throat was found on the hotel's terrace. The incident took place nearly a week ago in Maharashtra.