India to Launch Public Internet Database on Rapists

NEW DELHI (RIA Novosti) - The government of India has decided to make a public internet database containing pictures, names and addresses of people who were found guilty of rape crimes.

Indian Minister for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh said the all-national database on rapists will be completed in the coming months and its aim will be “to prevent new rapes.”

The move follows rallies last week in New Delhi in support of a gang-rape victim. Over 140 people, including 78 policemen, were injured after law enforcers clashed with demonstrators using water cannons, batons and tear gas.

The protesters took to the streets in the capital seeking justice for the 23-year-old woman who was raped by six men in a bus two weeks ago. All the six accused have been arrested and the court trial over them is scheduled for January 3.