DCW chief Swati Maliwal, on Thursday, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over the increasing cases of sexual violence against women, and said she would go on a

indefinite hunger strike at the Rajghat from Friday to protest the Unnao and Kathua rape incidents.

The DCW chief wrote that taking inspiration from the prime minister's fast, she would go on an indefinite hunger strike until the prime minister comes up with a concrete plan to check the

incidents of sexual assault against women in the country.

द्वारा बच्चों के रेप & केंद्र की चुप्पी बर्दाशत न होती। जब तक मांगें न

मानी जायेगी, मैं अन्न नही लूँगी।केंद्र 6महीने में बच्चों, महिलाओं के

बलात्कारी को सख्त सजा व उनाव & कठुआ की पीड़ित का साथ दे! pic.twitter.com/ltwWdip1DD

Maliwal highlighted the rape of an eight-month-old girl in Delhi, the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir and the Unnao case.

She appealed to the prime minister to "think about these girls" during his fast today and work towards securing justice for them.

Maliwal reiterated her demand that a system be created to "award death penalty to rapists of children within six months".

Maliwal "expressed pain at the silence of the prime minister on the recent rapes and lack of action regarding the same", according to a statement of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW).

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