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A large number of women activists and students on Friday marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against the gang-rape of a young girl in a moving bus and demand stringent action against rapists.

The protesters under the aegis of the All India Democratic Women’s Association, Young Women’s Christian Association and Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union, among others, started their march from Rajpath and as they reached Vijay Chowk, they went past the barricades erected at the entrance of Raisina Hills and moved towards Rashtrapati Bhavan and South and North Blocks.

Police stopped the protesters near the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Carrying placards and shouting slogans, the protesters demanded stringent punishment for rapists. Two days ago, in a similar protest, around 200 people had gathered near North Block.

Read more at live mint, published 21 December 2012.

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A large number of women activists and students on Friday marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against the gang-rape of a young girl in a moving bus and demand stringent action against rapists.

The protesters under the aegis of the All India Democratic Women’s Association, Young Women’s Christian Association and Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union, among others, started their march from Rajpath and as they reached Vijay Chowk, they went past the barricades erected at the entrance of Raisina Hills and moved towards Rashtrapati Bhavan and South and North Blocks.

Police stopped the protesters near the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Carrying placards and shouting slogans, the protesters demanded stringent punishment for rapists. Two days ago, in a similar protest, around 200 people had gathered near North Block.

Read more at live mint, published 21 December 2012.

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