The incident led to widespread protests, with demonstrators demanding justice for the victim and criticising remarks by Punjab police officials that were widely seen as blaming her for the attack. Protesters were calling for the sacking of lead police investigator Omar Sheikh, who had blamed the victim for the incident, saying that “our society does not permit women to be out late at night alone”. The incident led to widespread protests, with demonstrators demanding justice for the victim and criticising remarks by Punjab police officials that were widely seen as blaming her for the attack. Protesters were calling for the sacking of lead police investigator Omar Sheikh, who had blamed the victim for the incident, saying that “our society does not permit women to be out late at night alone”.
Trending
- NIA raids ex-TMC MLA’s house in Bengal pre-poll bomb blast probe
- ‘Where do we bowl?’: SRH star recalls Vaibhav Sooryavanshi nightmare
- ‘I’m not running at all’: Lalit Modi on the ‘fugitive’ tag and whether he’ll return to India
- Lalit Modi finds boy who broke down after missing Virat Kohli autograph, promises signed IPL bat
- ‘Stupid game’: Lalit Modi claims he ‘begged’ Sachin, Dravid to play 2007 T20 WC
- ‘Everything works in Delhi’: Hotel owner blames ‘other person’ in Malviya Nagar fire probe
- Trump says US, Iran to jointly remove buried nuclear material; Tehran sees no progress in talks
- Pakistan court sentences 2 men to death for raping French woman before her kids