The Prime Minister's wifeGursharan Kaur today joined the people in expressing outrageover the gangrape of a young girl and said severe punishmentshould be meted out to the culprits.
She, at the same time, said any protest against the"ghastly" crime should be peaceful as it would yield moreresults than violent demonstrations.
The December 16 incident in a moving bus here was a"very bad incident" and that she was at loss of words inexpressing her condemnation, she said.
"We all are very sad at this incident but if they(protests) are conducted in a peaceful manner, they will yieldmore results," Kaur told reporters on the sidelines of therelease of a book 'Sikh Heritage Ethos and Relics' here.
"This is a horrible crime...Such incident need to becondemned in the strongest possible way," she said.
Kaur said severe punishment needed to be handed down tothe accused and that there was a need for fast-track courts todeal with such cases.