Referring to the recent incident where an executive was raped by a Uber cab driver, the father said, "Nothing in India has changed since December 16, 2012. All promises and statements made by our leaders and ministers have turned out to be shallow. Our suffering gives them their moment in limelight."
"My daughter asks me what I have done to get her justice. She asks what am I doing so that many more like her get justice and I wake up to realise how helpless and trivial I am," the father said, adding that he has not slept peacefully even once since that fateful night
How could things change, the parents reasoned, when even the four men convicted of their daughter's rape and murder have not yet been punished.
"What is holding the authorities back from hanging those rapists and murderers when all the evidence are in place?" he said disappointment writ large on his face.
The woman died of grave intestinal injuries on December 29, 2012 at a Singapore hospital, where she was airlifted for specialised treatment.
Pinning hopes for justice on the new government, the parents expressed their wish to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"They say he (Narendra Modi) is fearless. They also say he is a decision taker. Will he then help us get justice?" said the father.
The not-for-profit organisation was launched on May 10 this year to provide legal aid and rehabilitation to victims of sexual abuse.
The family would organising a function to pay tributes to the braveheart at the Trust office in ITO.
One of the six accused was found dead in a cell in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
A juvenile involved in the crime was on August 31, 2013 sent by the Juvenile Justice Board to a reform home for three years, the maximum term under the juvenile law.
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