New Delhi/Gangtok, Nov 30 : Scores of students and professionals from the northeast protested here on Monday against the rape of a BPO staffer from Mizoram and submitted a memorandum to PM Manmohan Singh.
Madhu Chandra, spokesperson of the Northeast Support Centre and Helpline, said that nearly 1,000 people participated in the protest organised by the Mizo Students Union and the Mizoram Welfare Association.
Placards with slogans like 'Delhi Police Act Now!' and 'Justice should be given to the victim' were held by the protesters.
They demanded that the BPO company where the victim worked be booked for inadequate safety measures for its employees.
Asin Kinimi, a student from Nagaland, said: ''Our focus should primarily be to keep the pressure on the authorities and Delhi Police. Only then promises will be kept. In this gangrape case, we have to keep demanding speedy justice for things to actually materialise.''
They submitted a memorandum to the PM seeking compensation for the victim under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities Act).
''Students from the northeast who live in Delhi are often subjected to harassment and discrimination because of the way they look.
But unfortunately, despite cases of sexual harassment, authorities do very little except making lofty promises,'' Chandra said.
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