A few days back, an atrocious crime against a girl in Delhi shook the whole nation including Udaipur. Since then, agitated people have been participating in the protests to support strengthening of criminal laws against women and to show their sympathy towards the victim.

In this respect, a candle march was taken out today by the students of Darshan Dental College and a rally was organized by Avani Organization and students of Mira Girls College.

An emotional candle march was organized at Fateh Sagar at 5:15 PM in which around 120 students and staff of Darshan Dental College participated with posters and candles. As they moved from temple to paal, many onlookers also joined them.

They also put forward a suggestion for the safety of women that a separate protection cell and emergency toll free number should be provided to the women of Udaipur City.

Another rally was organized by the students of Mira Girls College and Avani Organization from Mira Girls to Collectorate where students submitted a memorandum demanding capital punishment for the victims. Members of Avani, lead by Raisa Bano, submitted a separate memorandum pointing out the flaws in the system and demanded a rigorous punishment for the criminals.

The sheer heinousness of this crime and the detrimental state of law and order in our country aroused emotions of the general public. People are asking if the capital of the country is not safe than which place is? Social media is filled with frenzied barbaric punishment for the psychopath criminals which actually seem justified. But, what about the victim? What was her mistake? What about her family who sold their land for her wards education? Girl has been sliding into coma several times and has reportedly said to her mother with teary eyes that she wants to LIVE. Doctors say that her condition is very critical.

We can only pray for the poor lady, but we can, and we must, definitely push forward the issue of the safety and equality of women in our society and make sure that such incidents do not happen again. This can only happen if we teach ‘respect towards women’ to our children and to everyone else in the society and do not remain lame onlookers when we see a crime.

If not for yourself, please stand up for your child’s safety.