New Delhi, April 20
As the Delhi Police sprang into action with the late-night arrest of the main accused Manoj (22), the national Capital witnessed a series of protests all through the day.

Protestors wanted the resignation of the Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar, arrest of the erring Assistant Commissioner of Police Bani Singh Ahlawat and death penalty for the accused.

Since morning, numerous groups, comprising student unions and political parties laid siege to various locations such as the police headquarters and the AIIMS where the minor is recuperating.

Demonstrations went on around the Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's residence and Talkatora Stadium. There was a heavy deployment of police around these sites.

About 750 men were deputed to guard various protest spots, including Gandhi Nagar where the minor was brutally raped by the accused who locked her up in his rented house on the ground floor of the same building where the minor lived.

What looks to have angered people most is the fact that cops tried to hush up the case by offering money to the victim's father.

Activists and workers from various groups, such as the All India Progressive Women Association, Students' Federation of India, All India Students' Association, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad besides those from the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP raised slogans against the police and the Delhi government.

There were also many who didn't belong to any group but had joined in to express their anguish.

One Kailash Chandra, who had skipped his work and stayed the whole day at AIIMS, said, "The police and the government have failed to act and now the accused should be brought to the public to face his fate."

Another protestor said the police are not for the poor, instead they victimise them by not pursuing their case properly.

"Younger girls are becoming victims and it's just mocking women. It does not matter what one does. The situation is getting worse by the day while the police look the other way," said Dimple Wanchoo, an online activist outside the police headquarters.

New Delhi, April 20
A 13-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped more than a month ago from east Delhi and raped in a room in Loni, Ghaziabad, by eight men, including four acquaintances.

Three men have been arrested. The police are searching for the other five, who are still at large.

According to the police, the girl went missing on March 16. On March 25, the girl returned to her house and said that she was kidnapped by eight men and raped by them. A case of kidnapping was registered at the Farsh Bazar police station.

The family called the police, but they were not willing to take her to hospital for a medical test.

"The investigating officials warned us that our family will be defamed if we got an FIR of gangrape registered. When we approached a Delhi court, which ordered the police for the medical test, they went ahead and her medical examination was conducted on April 12. It established rape," said the family.

A case of gangrape was registered on April 13. The girl today allegedly tried to commit suicide by consuming sedatives over the police inaction. The girl is undergoing treatment at Dr. Hedgewar Aarogya Sansthan and is out of danger.

The girl said that an acquaintance, whom she called "uncle", with two other unknown persons kidnapped her from near her house. She did not know the remaining four men, said a police official.

The police claim out of the four acquaintances, two named as Deepak (20) and Ranjeet (20) have been arrested.

Out of the four unknown men, three have been identified, including the one, Sohan Lal (21), who has been arrested.