NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged calm and vowed to protect
women as police on Monday struggled to quell increasing outrage over sex crimes
following the gang-rape of a student.
"There is genuine and
justified anger and anguish at this ghastly incident," Singh said in a
statement issued on Sunday as he appealed for "peace and calm" after
demonstrations in the wake of the attack in New Delhi.
"I assure you that we will
make all possible efforts to ensure security and safety to all women in this
country."
The police control room in New
Delhi on Monday said more than 100 people, including 60 policemen were injured
in street protests on Sunday, and all the routes leading to landmark government
buildings have been cordoned off.
"No one will be allowed to
march towards the parliament or the president's palace," said New Delhi
police spokesman Rajan Bhagat.
"We know people will face
problem because of the road blocks, but we have to stop the angry
protests."
The 23-year-old physiotherapy
student, who has been battling for her life since the late-night assault on a
bus last Sunday, gave her first statement to police at the weekend in the
hospital where she is being treated.
"All six men took turns to
sexually assault me," the Hindustan Times newspaper quoted the victim as
saying to police.
"They threw us on the side
of the road where I then fainted."
- AFP/al
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