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New Delhi: Police lobbed round of tear gas shells and used water
cannons as hundreds of students marched towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President
House) for the second day on Saturday demanding justice for the 23-year-old paramedical
student who was brutally gang-raped on Sunday night in South Delhi.
As the rage spread, rapidly and steadily, through India's
national capital on Saturday as students, activists and concerned Delhiites thronged
India Gate in morning from where they headed towards the Raisina Hill and Rashtrapati
Bhavan. Police resorted to lathi charge as angry protestors clashed with them
at Raisina Hill.
A teenage boy, a girl and a traffic policeman were injured
as the police directed to water jets to disappear the mob. After water cannons
failed to daunt the protesters, the police lobs a round of tear gas shells at
the crowd.
However, the hundreds-strong crowd doesn’t yield and wait
till the smoke dissipates. They again surge towards the gates of the
Rashtrapati Bhavan. A few shots are also fired in the air to disperse the crowd
to no avail.
Shouting "We want justice", hundreds of women
banged at the iron gates of Rashtrapati Bhavan to gain entry.
As protests continued for the sixth day, former Army Chief V
K Singh joined the demonstrators the at India Gate blaming “systemic collapse”
for brutal rape of a young girl last Sunday in a moving bus.
India, capital witnessed several protests on Friday also
including the one in front of Rashtrapati Bhawan.