Delhi gang-rape case: Juvenile convict freed, protesters detained

NEW DELHI: Scores of protesters, including the parents of the December 16 gang rape victim, were detained by the police after they staged a protest against the release of the juvenile convict near India Gate here on Sunday. The juvenile convict in the December 16 gang rape case was released on Sunday and sent to an NGO in Delhi. The protest started around 5pm and within half-an-hour, a large number of protesters comprising mostly students and activists gathered at a stretch on Rajpath, blocking the road. Soon, several police teams, including women officials, were deployed to disperse the protesters, who were shouting slogans against the central and Delhi governments. Asha Devi, the mother of the paramedic student who was gang-raped in a moving bus, had to be convinced and put inside a bus along with her husband, Badri Singh Pandey, and other protesters.   TOI