OUTRAGE: Home minister promises tougher penalties for rape as police turn on  protestors at Raisina Square demonstration

• The minister  announces inquiry into botched handling of gang-raped student
• Criminal  Procedure Code to be be reviewed for 'rarest of rape cases'
• Sonia Gandhi puts  pressure on PM to take 'severe' measure against the alleged rapists
• 72 protesters and  32 policemen injured in the biggest clash in the city since 1991
• Protestors  want heads to roll at a top level but many fear junior officials will take the  fall for Police failures

  By Mail Today Reporter

PUBLISHED:21:44 GMT, 22  December 2012| UPDATED:00:44 GMT, 23 December 2012

Rattled by the massive protest at Raisina  Hill and a tight rap by Congress president Sonia Gandhi over the gang rape  incident, the home ministry and the Delhi Police swung into action on Saturday  evening, announcing a slew of measures to make the Capital a safer place for  women.

Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde announced  the setting up a commission of inquiry to review the response of the security  agencies after the shocking gang rape was reported.

The minister assured the people that the  government will take steps to amend the Criminal Procedure Code to enhance  punishment in the "rarest of rare rape cases", stopping short of stating if it  meant death penalty for rapists.

He also announced the appointment of a  judicial commission to review women's security. The measures, which should have  been announced much earlier, came after a miffed Congress top brass pulled up  the authorities for "poor" handling of anti-rape protesters by the Delhi Police  on Saturday.

The party's concern was articulated by none  other than Sonia, who spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the evening,  demanding swift action in the case.

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