Students across the city joined to protest under ‘We Want Justice’ raising eight-point demands. To protest gang rape, the students staged a candle march from Board Office Square to the area where the crime was committed by the four accused who have been nabbed by the police.
Holding placards with demands to provide security and justice to the victim the protesting students, majority of where girl students went silently from the board office square near the spot which witnessed the heinous crime.
However, the protest was organised or supported by any political party but activists and presidents of NSUI took part in the rally which was held in the evening.
Scores of girl students took to the street demanding their safety and security in the city from those responsible who have been shouldered with the responsibility and have failed to even lodge a complaint and moreover confronted the victim and her parents for hours forcing them to move from one police station to other only to register atrocity and inhumane behavior.
The protest was also witnessed during the day where the students of Career College carrying placards protested at Govindpura police station. The protesting students were carrying placards which read- ‘Stop sexual violence’ against woman , Justice Delayed means Justice Denied, Where I am at what time is no excuse, Don’t tell me how to dress tell them not to rape.
The demands included- rigorous punishment to the convicts, state women safety bill according to Vishaka guidelines and JS Verma committee, promotion of self defense training centers for women, street lights in whole MP Nagar, display of police helpline number at every street, security and patrolling round the clock, woman police outpost in MP Nagar and cameras across MP Nagar.