印度军党向女性发放刀具辣椒粉防强奸-凯发k8官网

 

a political party in india is handing out kitchen knives and chilli powder to women following a gang ¹ in the capital new delhi that ignited（点燃，着火） a national debate on the best way to tackle sex crimes.

 

the ² hindu nationalist party shiv sena, an ally of the main ³ bjp and which governs mumbai, said it had handed out 21,000 knives with three-inch blades to women in the city and surrounding areas. it plans to distribute 100,000.

 

mumbai police said they were examining the knives and considering legal action.

 

"this is a ⁴ gesture," said shiv sena spokesman rahul narvekar, adding that a knife shorter than six inches in length does not fit the definition of a weapon.

 

the party also handed out small bags of chilli powder - ⁵ to throw into an attacker's eyes.

 

"it's only to pass a signal to eve-teasers, anti-social elements and perpetrators of crime against women that women are empowered and they can take care of themselves," narvekar said.

 

eve-teasing is a ⁶ for ⁷ women.

 

"don't be afraid of using this knife if someone attacks you," ajay chaudhari, running the knife campaign, was quoted by the party newspaper, saamana, as saying.

 

"we have set up a team of nine advocates to protect you from any potential court cases that may arise."

 

a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was ⁸ and beaten on a moving bus in on dec 16 before being thrown bleeding on a expressway in new delhi, ⁹ india's "rape capital". mumbai is generally considered a safer city for women.

 

the attack and the student's death two weeks later caused public ¹⁰ at the failure of the government and police to protect women from rising sexual offences in a country where one rape is reported on average every 20 minutes.

 

in response, more women are taking up self-defense classes and carrying pepper spray. a government commission set up to recommend revisions to india's sex crime laws this week said women who kill an attacker during a attempted rape should be able to plead self-defense.

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