Udupi, 05 Jan 2013: ABVP led a protest rally from First Grade College, Kaup, near here to Kaup town, on Friday January 4, opposing the rape cases of Soujanya in Dharmasthala and recent rape victim – twenty-three-years-old physiotherapist Damini in New Delhi. The students of Dandateerta College, Kaup participated in the protest rally.
Addressing the protesters, students’ union leader Puroshottam Poojary said that both union and state governments are slow to take action related to rape victims Soujanya and Damini. The girls and women are not safe either in New Delhi or in a remote village across the nation. Only Sonia Gandhi and Sheela Dixit are safe in police protection, said Poojary. He demanded harsh punishment for rapists, besides cautioned of aggravated protest if both union and state governments fail to address the issue at the earliest.
The students of different colleges across the district also staged mass protests over the same issue.