Karkala: The  Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad organised a protest meet in the bus stand area in the town on Thursday July 17 to  oppose the rising cases of crime against women in the state.

Addressing  the meeting, ABVP leader Ranjith R said the   sexual assault case of a post-graduate lady student in front of her friend in Bangalore, the  alleged rape of a class one student of a private school at Toobarahalli in Bangalore  as well as the alleged rape and murder case of Ratna, a PUC student of Byndoor, have made the civilized society hang its heads in shame.

Pointing out that a total  of 14,989 women have gone missing  in the state between  2009 and 2011, he said  during the current year alone, 325 minors and 151 women were sexually assaulted in Bangalore city. The government must act fast and  initiate stringent action against perpetrators of crime against women, he said.

Sheethal Jain and other ABVP leaders were part of the protest. The agitators also took out a protest march from SVT Women’s College to the bus stand area via market road and TMC office road. They later submitted a memorandum to Tahsildar Babu Devadiga.