Delhi gangrape protests intensify, cops fire teargas to quell clashes near parliament

Students protesting against the gangrape of a young girl in a moving bus clashed with police near the VVIP gate of Parliament here this evening, following which personnel used force to disperse them.

A large number of protesters at the Raisina Hills tried to round up policemen who were boarding the bus at Vijay Chowk near the VVIP Gate of Parliament House, forcing the police team to use force to disperse them.

Some protesters threw water bottles at police, who forced the people towards Rail Bhavan on Raisina Road.

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Several rounds of teargas shells and water cannons were used as students demanding justice for the 23-year-old gangrape victim clashed with police at the Raisina Hill, the seat of power. Several people have reportedly been arrested.

Repeated resort to firing of shells and water jets failed to dampen the spirit of several hundreds of young students, both girls and boys, as they tried to breach the police barricades to march towards towards Rashtrapati Bhavan for the second day protesting against the government and police "inaction".

Former Army Chief Gen V K Singh lent support to the protesters when he joined them at the India Gate and blamed the "systemic collapse" for the brutal rape of the young girl in a moving bus last Sunday.

Some people were escorted away by police and detained as the situation threatened to go out of hand. A boy and a girl and a traffic policeman were injured in the melee when protesters threw stones, shoes and missiles in which police vehicles and buses were damaged.

Tear gas shells and water failed to deter the protesters who refused to vacate the area that houses the North and South Blocks including the Prime Minister's office and turned the area into a virtual battleground.

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