9th April’21: Neelu Mehta was mercilessly stabbed 25 times by her husband - Harish Mehta. The incident occurred in broad daylight in the middle of the street with by-standers watching him massacre the defenseless woman who was on her way to Safdarjang Hospital where she worked (Caught on CCTV camera). He stabbed her repeatedly while she was on the ground, left her for dead, and then sat on the side of the road to "take a break" from the exhausting task of killing another human. 

 

Harish had been demanding that she quit working as a Doctor/Nurse/Resident so as to become a house-wife. His house-wife.

Why?

Stemming from mutated patriarchy, he had a hunch that she was having an affair and therefore wanted to continue working. The truth? She wanted to continue working.

At a day and age where women have to struggle against families, patriarchy and a generally regressive society - we should not have to also deal with maniacal men/husbands who think they have the right to end the life of a woman because she dares to choose her career, that too a job as a healthcare professional and a caregiver. This does not compute. 

 

We demand #JusticeforNeeluMehta by demanding #DeathforHarishMehta, her husband.

Death Penalty is the only a logical/reasonable plea i.e. proportionate punishment/justice.

 

 

POINTS TO BE NOTED

• Death Penalty Is Not Revenge: The death penalty is not revenge because revenge is taken in the absence of justice. When the law is involved - then it is simply just and proportionate punishment. 

 

• Jail Can Reform Him: Data suggests that violent criminals who inflict aggravated violent physical attacks (only) are remorseless individuals who feel that the Law already does NOT apply to them. So, in such cases - when this cold-blooded individual is sent to jail - it is likely he turns into a more severe form of a remorseless killer, and upon release - will surely have no more value for human life than they did before. The police have also reported to the media that he was completely within the limits of his sanity and did this willingly and intentionally – there is no room for criminal insanity, when a sane individual blatantly also boasts to the police officers of his heinous act.

 

• He Is A Product of Society: He maybe a 'product of society' but he is the one who manifested it by acting upon it so violently, so gruesomely, so brutally and so publicly, with very little concern for the horrific act of taking a life. Millions are responsible for the oppression of women and this regressive mindset but by showing mercy to this violent criminal shows a broken system that has resigned itself to its regressive ways. He should be denied all forms of mercy - just as equally as he denied it to Neelu.
• He maybe an example of the latent malignant oppressive society, but that does not mean that the society/law will not mete out the necessary measures when someone breaches its humanistic boundaries. 

 

• Death Penalty Is Not A Deterrent for Future Crimes: Death penalty is NOT MEANT to be a deterrent to other offenders (this is a utopic theory). The Death penalty is a reasonable claim considering the gruesome and gutsy nature of his  crime. It is time we see Death Penalty as proportionate corrective measure. 

 

• A death penalty for him may not be a deterrent to others but denying him that penalty will be yet another shining example of how we - as a society - perpetuate this malignant oppression.

 

·       Legal Precedence

1. The four convicts of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape is an unforgettable example of oppression of a gender onto another where the court ruled for death penalty and the President dismissed appeals for mercy.
2. Crimes punishable by death in India include aggravated murder.
3. Supreme Court has ruled that mandatory death penalty is unconstitutional – we abide by this ruling and continue to seek #JusticeForNeeluMehta by demanding #DeathforHarishMehta given the circumstances of the day-light murder and the context of the brutality of the crime.
4. Oppression of gender has been a constant battle in India and many parts of the world – to ensure we are guiding the future of all the genders – we need a multitude of well-established education+sensitization programs. As on date – this system is woefully inadequate and insufficient.
5. We are petitioning to plea to the legal system to assess this gruesome crime with the severity it deserves and request the honorable courts and judges to not pardon this crime as it will set a different example in the minds of many Indians who need more than educating, who need to know that crimes warrant repercussions of committing such crimes and understand them as a crime

 

What is SIMPLY clear -

His actions are clear and indisputable as caught on CCTV footage. We demand that you consider this malice in broad daylight - in its true form - and make the death penalty a reasonable verdict for Harish Mehta. He is beyond criminal; he is in all true senses simply insidious.

Please sign this petition, so that Neelu, receives the justice she deserves, and Harish receives the punishment that he has earned.


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