Some protesters clashed with police, hurling slippers, afterthe charred body of the woman, a veterinarian, was found in thetown of Shadnagar, near Hyderabad, on Thursday. The incident is reminiscent of the fatal gang rape of a young woman, labelled Nirbhaya (Fearless) by Indian media, on board a bus in 2012. “It has been 7 yrs to the gut-wrenching #Nirbhaya case & ourmoral fabric continues to be in pieces,” Bollywood actor AkshayKumar tweeted. It has been 7 yrs to the gut-wrenching #Nirbhaya case & our moral fabric continues to be in pieces.We need stricter laws.This needs to STOP! One of the protesters, student Kanchan Pal, 19, said shewanted to raise her voice in support of rape victims.

Source: The Express Tribune November 30, 2019 15:00 UTC