After Mulayam, now Abu Azmi says 'women having sex should be hanged'

New Delhi: After Mulayam Singh Yadav raking up controversy on Thursday by questioning the amended anti-rape law and the death sentence of three men who were convicted of two (Shakti Mills) gangrapes in Mumbai last week, Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief has come up with a statement saying irrespective of consent any woman having sex with a man should be hanged. He also claimed that such females only deserve death penalty as per a report published (along with audio conversation) in Mid-Day. Azmi’s idiotic statement comes only after Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav had earlier said in a rally in Moradabad “Ladkon se aisi galtiyan ho jati hain, to iska matlab yeh to nahi ki unhe phaansi de di jaaye (Boys make mistakes, but this doesn’t mean you hang them).” Abu Azmi was replying to a question posed by a news reporter regarding Yadav’s views on rape. The report titled “SHOCKING! Women having sex should be hanged, says Abu Azmi” quotes Maharashtra leader saying “Rape is punishable by hanging in Islam. But here, nothing happens to women, only to men. Even the woman is guilty.” He further added that women should also be tried in cases of rapes. However, his son Farhan Azmi who is party’s candidate from Mumbai North Central Constituency and famous hotelier of the city didn’t share same views and said that rapists should be hanged and five of his sisters also believe the same.