Mulayam Singh Yadav's kin for death to rapists

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger daughter-in-law Aparna Bisht Yadav feels that rapists should be hanged to death.

Her father-in-law had kicked up a controversy a few days ago when he said at a rally in Moradabad that “boys will be boys… they make mistakes (rape).”  In an interview to a news channel on Thursday, Ms Aparna said, “Netaji (Mulayam)  is right in saying that death penalty is being debated around the world. But, as a woman, my personal view is that if the accused has been found guilty of rape, he should be hanged.”

Mr Aparna also defended her father-in-law and said that his choice of words could have been inappropriate and his comments were taken out of context. “I think his comments were misinterpreted,” she said.