LSR students march over women safety after Kalkaji rape incident, to hold protest tomorrow

Over a hundred students of Lady Shri Ram College (LSR), Delhi University, organised a march over rising violence against women following an alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl in Delhi’s Kalkaji area.

According to the students, the Delhi Police stopped their march near the SDM officer and questioned their decision to protest over the incident.

"It did not happen to you, why do you care? From Jamui in Bihar to a park in the national capital's Kalkaji area, we are the women who felt unsafe walking in unlit streets at night. Who is always asked why we stepped out so late,” the LSR students said in an official statement.

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Stop crime against women: LSR students

LSR students have also announced consultations for a proposed “Charter of Demands for Delhi Citizens” at Siri Fort Road near Gargi College and Kamala Nehru College at 4 pm tomorrow.

The gathering is expected to release a “Declaration of Demands for Delhi” after the march, the notice read. The students said that the campaign would continue under the slogan “From Kalkaji to Jamui to Samastipur- Stop the crime against women.”

They had also raised concerns about women’s safety in public spaces, particularly at night, and they alleged that the accused had posed as policemen and sexually assaulted the minor at gunpoint at around 7:30 pm, the statement read.

The protesters also criticised the restrictions imposed on women’s movement as a response to sexual violence. The students claimed that the Delhi Development Authority’s response following the incident was to restrict women’s entry into public parks after sunset.

They also cited the recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee, which was constituted, following the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, and said restricting women’s mobility in the name of safety does not address the causes of sexual violence.