The Mahanagar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidharthi Parishad (ABVP) activists protested while expressing anguish over the ghastly rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl as reported from Kathgodam area, Haldwani. They burnt the State Government and police department in effigies at landsdowne (Parade Ground) and DAV (PG) College campus respectively. The protesters demanded immediate arrest of the accused.
According to the protesters, this crime involving a minor was not just a blot on the fair face of Debobhoomi but exposed in full the non-functioning of the state police on the law and order front.
Dozens of BJP members assembled at the party office near Parade Ground and shouted anti- government slogans for allegedly failing to provide security to the minors and the women in the State. Increasing crime cases against minors and women have instilled fear among the residents. They demanded immediate arrest of the accused. BJP members present on the occasion were Nandani Sharma, Kanchan Thakur, Mahesh Pandey and Himanshu Painuli.
Similarly, ABVP activists assembled at DAV (PG) College campus and burnt the State Government and state police in effigies, accusing them of failing to provide security to the minors and the women in the State. They demanded immediate arrest of the culprit of the incident reported from Haldwani. Ansul Chawla, Ashish Rawat and other ABVP members were present.