Protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar demanding death for rapists and murderers

The most brutal and shameful rape and murder of an 8 year old innocent girl in Jammu’s Kathua region and the Unnao rape allegedly by the ruling party lawmaker have become the centrestage of the nation wide outrageous protests with people from all sections of the society literally coming out on streets to demand death for the culprits and resignation of the saffron clad UP chief minister for his government’s inaction as well as allegedly aiding and abetting the death of the victim’s father in police custody.

On 15th April hundreds of extremely angered and furious protestors comprising of college students, women activists of various socio political organisations and even school children thronged at Jantar Mantar raising anti government slogans and holding playcards in their hands registered their strong vociferous protests demanding death for the culprits of the above crimes and also asked for the Uttar Pradesh CM’s immediate resignation for allegedly supporting the culprits and abetting the custodial death of the rape survivor’s father in the police lock up.

The demonstration led to total halt and diversion of traffic for several hours with protestors having come till Sanchar Bhawan raising vociferous slogans and demanding stringent punishment for the culprits, not less than a capital sentence. The memorandum submitted to the government demanded immediate resignation of the UP chief minister for aiding and abetting the rape culprit who happens to be from his own party and holding him and his government responsible for the custodial death of the rape victims father.

A demand was also made for institution of fast track courts to punish the guilty at the earliest without any intentional delay. The family of both the victims be given complete police security and immediate arrest of the J& K ministers responsible for siding with Asifa’s rapists and murderers and also inciting and misguiding the people of the state on communal lines to misled the investigations. The protestors also demanded the arrest of the Hindu Ekta Manch leaders for creating the communal divide in the state of J&K and allegedly patronising the culprits of Asifa’s rape and murder.