LUCKNOW: A day after a British newspaper disclosed the name of the Delhi gang-rape victim, her family said they would have no objections to her name being published. Speaking to TOI on phone from Ballia, Nirbhaya's father said, "I have no problem if her name is disclosed. I have given my sanction for her name being made public."
The family had earlier said they would be happy to see more stringent rape laws in the country named after their 23-year-old daughter. On Monday, though, her father told TOI that he also had no objection if her name was put in the public domain before such laws are enacted. "It's fine if her name becomes known to people. She has suffered a lot and fought bravely. Now she can be a role model to others," he said.No written undertaking, however, was forthcoming from the father to any government body, which would make disclosing Nirbhaya's true name by any media house illegal.
The girl's family - her parents and two younger siblings - are in their native village in Ballia, where the Nirbhaya's last rites were performed. The family, her father said, would return to New Delhi on January 22."I have been in touch with the Delhi government. I spoke to Sheila-ji ( Sheila Dikshit) and she assured me that the government will give us all the aid they promised once I return to Delhi. No one from the UP government, though, has made any attempt to reach us," he said.
After the gruesome gang-rape of the 23-year-old was reported on December 16, the UP government, in three separate orders promised financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh to the victim's family. Over a fortnight since, however, any state government official has made no attempt to reach out to the family.
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