New Delhi, Mar 9 : A large number of students of Delhi University today held a protest march demanding arrest of the killer of a 21-year-old girl, who was shot dead outside her college in the national capital.
Holding placards, the students marched from Ramlal Anand College in DU South Campus towards India Gate.
Radhika Tanwar, a second-year degree student, was killed outside the college in Dhaula Kuan's Shantiniketan area yesterday by a man, who is believed to have been stalking her for sometime.
The protestors raised slogans like "We want justice", demanding immediate arrest of the culprit.
The incident, ironically occured on a day when the city was celebrating the international women's day, causing outrage among citizens as well as political leaders. Students had also held a protest by blocking traffic on the Ring Road yesterday.
"I am stunned. What the hell is going on? It was ten in the morning when this incident took place, It is very shocking for us," a female protester said.
Around 25 per cent of murder victims in the national capital are women. Last year, 519 murders were reported in the capital while the figure was 527 for 2009, 528 (2008) and 467 (2007 and 2006), the police official said.
This year so far, 42 women were raped and 73 molested in the capital. In January, 17 cases of rape were reported besides 29 molestation cases with police claiming that they have solved 95 per cent of rape cases and 83 per cent of molestation cases.
In 2010, the city witnessed 489 rape incidents as against 2009's 459. The figures for 2006 was 609 followed by a drop to 581 next year while in 2008 it further dipped to 466.
Almost similar was the case with molestation cases in the capital in these years but it showed an increase this year to 585 from last year's 532. While 2008 had 597 cases, there were 835 incidents in 2007 wand 713 in 609.
According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau report, Delhi has earned the dubious distinction of being the most unsafe metro, topping the list of ignominy in number of atrocities against women. PTI
