It was, however, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi who articulated the depth of anguish when she said “as a woman and mother, I understand the pain. Her fight will not go in vain”.
Emotions ran high in parts of Karnataka following the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim with people, particularly women, demanding stringent punishment, including death penalty, for the perpetrators of the crime.
As the news of the death of the 23-year-old medical student spread, girls of various colleges took out a protest march in Karnataka.
In Bangalore, students of women colleges were in tears while expressing their ire over the rape.
Mourners, who participated in a candle light march in Mandya, Haveri, Mysore, Bellary and other places, said the culprits should be punished in public, while others advocated capital punishment.
Women's groups and cultural personalities took out marches across Kerala demanding severe action against the rape culprits and change in existing laws dealing with rape cases to ensure “maximum punishment” for culprits.
