Amidst huge uproar over the shocking gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will be organising a peace rally in the national capital on Wednesday.
The state’s Chief Minister, who has faced intense criticism for failing to improve the security situation across Delhi, will lead the march with some other women organisations.
The march will commence from Pragati Maidan and conclude at Rajghat.
The para-medical student was gang-raped and brutally tortured by a group of six men in a moving bus on the night of December 16.
The girl, who remained on ventilator support during most part of her treatment since she was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital on December 16, was flown to Singapore for treatment.
However, she died in the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore and then her body was flown in she was quietly cremated in heavy police presence on last Sunday morning.
The girl’s shocking gang-rape triggered a nation-wide outrage.
–PTI