The angry youngsters then resorted to violence and pelted stones and damaged public and police buses. Girls in retailiation threw bangles, water bottles, coins and slippers.
Armed with banners, posters, placards, the crowd, which stayed put at the entire stretch from morning till late evening, raised slogans "we want justice" and waved their fists in the air. Many of them climbed atop the police buses and waived the tri-colour.
In a unique way to protest, many girls and boys climbed the flagpoles that dot Rajpath, which leads to India Gate, the memorial of the unknown soldiers.
The protesters-majority of them from various Delhi colleges along with some school students may have come from different backgrounds but the issue of women's safety in the capital united them as they gave a clarion call to the authorities to finally take some coorective measures to make women feel safe in the city described by many as a rape capital.
