Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani is a noted businessman and philanthropist with more than four decades of business experience in Zambia. Dr. Mahtani recently extended his support towards the announcement made by the Zambian President. On the special occasion of Africa Day, the President of Zambia made a special announcement. Calling the death penalty an archaic law, the Zambian President vowed to permanently abolish this law. Since this announcement, he has received significant support in favor of the announcement. Supporting this statement, Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani stated that the concept of the death penalty is inhumane, degrading, and cruel. The practice does not have any relevance in the present-day economic, political and legal environment. Across the majority of African nations as well as across the globe, the practice of death penalty is already being abolished and it was high time for the Zambian nation to take a stance against this archaic practice.
According to Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani, the concept of death penalty is not only politically disadvantaged, but it is also spiritually and religiously incorrect. According to the holy teachings, the death of Jesus Christ on the cross paid for the various sins of the human beings that believed in him. Also, teaching has indicated that only those who have not sinned on this planet are allowed to take life. As such, the concept of the death penalty does more harm than good. As such, Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani extended his full support to the President’s decision by providing legal and regulatory support via his company Prison Fellowship Zambia. A recent interview with Dr. Rajan Mahtani was published in the ‘Mast Newspaper’ in which Dr. Rajan Mahtani praised the decision from the Zambian President. At the same time, Dr. Rajan Mahtani stated that making a statement and ensuring that statement becomes a reality are two different things. As such, Prison Fellowship will provide the President with full support in this matter.