Women clash with police outside the home of Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi
The girl was in critical condition when she was transferred Thursday
from a local hospital to the largest government-run hospital in the
country. But D.K. Sharma, medical superintendent of the state-run
hospital in New Delhi where the girl was being treated, said Sunday that
she was responding well to treatment and that her condition had
stabilized.
Police say the girl went missing April 15 and was found two days
later by neighbours who heard her crying in a locked room in the same
New Delhi building where she lives with her family. The girl was alone
when she was found, having been left for dead by the man following the
brutal attack, police say.
A 24-year-old man was arrested Saturday in the eastern state of
Bihar, about 1,000 kilometres from New Delhi, in connection with the
incident. After being flown to New Delhi, he was in custody Sunday and
was being questioned, police said.
The incident came four months after the fatal gang rape of a woman on
a New Delhi bus sparked outrage across India about the treatment of
women in the country.
Many women are angry at the Indian authorities over the handling of sexual assault cases
For the second consecutive day, hundreds of people protested Sunday
outside police headquarters in the capital, angry over allegations that
police had ignored complaints by the girl’s parents that she was
missing.
About 100 supporters of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party
protested outside the home of the chief of the ruling Congress Party,
Sonia Gandhi, demanding that the government ensure the safety and
security of women and girls in the city.
The protesters also demanded that the Delhi police chief be removed
from office and that police officials accused of failing to act on the
parents’ complaint be dismissed.
“Police and other officials that fail to do their jobs and instead
engage in abusive behaviour should know that they will be punished,”
Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director of New York-based Human Rights
Watch, said Sunday.
‘Root out this sort of depravity’
Police said they detained more than 50 protesters when they tried to
break down barricades on the road leading to Gandhi’s house. The
protesters were released after a few hours.
Two men are detained by police amid today’s fierce protests in the country’s capital city
Police also placed restrictions on the gathering of more than four
people on the main avenue in the heart of New Delhi after university
students said they planned to hold a demonstration there later Sunday.
Despite the police order, about 100 students gathered at New Delhi’s
iconic India Gate monument and held a peaceful protest late Sunday.
Sexual crimes against women and children are reported every day in
Indian newspapers, and women often complain about their sense of
insecurity when they leave their homes.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for changes in attitudes toward
women in India, where there has been a fierce debate since December’s
fatal New Delhi gang rape about the routine mistreatment of females.
“The gruesome assault on the little girl a few days back reminds us
once again of the need to work collectively to root out this sort of
depravity from our society,” Singh said Sunday at a meeting with civil
servants.
A day earlier, Singh had urged Indian society “to look within and
work to root out the evil of rape and other such crimes from our midst.”
Police are accused of ignore the complaints from the parents of India’s latest rape victim
The fatal beating and gang rape of a young woman aboard a moving New
Delhi bus sparked outrage and spurred the government to pass tough laws
for crimes against women, including the death penalty for repeat
offenders or for rape attacks that lead to the victim’s death.
But activists say that merely passing strong laws is not enough, and
that the government has to convey its intention to crack down on crimes
against women to its officials and the police.
“Enacting strong laws are simply a first step, but it needs the
government to focus urgently on implementation if it is serious about
protecting children and other victims of sexual abuse,” Human Rights
Watch’s Ganguly said.
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